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Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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- ISBN
- 9781541798045
- Book Title
- Hurts So Good : the Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Psychology, Science
- Topic
- Cognitive Science, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, General, Neuropsychology
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 16.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Masochism is sexy, human, reviled, worshipped, and can be delightfully bizarre. Deliberate and consensual pain has been with us for millennia, encompassing everyone from Black Plague flagellants to ballerinas dancing on broken bones to competitive eaters choking down hot peppers while they cry. Masochism is a part of us. It lives inside workaholics, tattoo enthusiasts, and all manner of garden variety pain-seekers.At its core, masochism is about feeling bad, then better-a phenomenon that is long overdue for a heartfelt and hilarious investigation. And Leigh Cowart would know: they are not just a researcher and science writer-they're an inveterate, high-sensation seeking masochist. And they have a few questions: Why do people engage in masochism? What are the benefits and the costs? And what does masochism have to say about the human experience?By participating in many of these activities themselves, and through conversations with psychologists, fellow scientists, and people who seek pain for pleasure, Cowart unveils how our minds and bodies find meaning and relief in pain-a quirk in our programming that drives discipline and innovation even as it threatens to swallow us whole.
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Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
154179804x
ISBN-13
9781541798045
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16050391501
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hurts So Good : the Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cognitive Science, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, General, Neuropsychology
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Psychology, Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bf515.C69 2021
Reviews
"Informative explanations of the neurobiology of pain and pleasure, and plenty of personal reflection on the author's own relationship to masochism. Queasy readers need not apply...Cowart's raw study offers insight."-- Publishers Weekly, " Hurts So Good is a high wire act during which Cowart weaves together the science of enduring pain for pleasure with their own personal, maniacally visceral experiences. The latter scenes are written so vividly--blood, guts, excrement, swollen and frozen bodies--that, at times, Cowart seems to be daring the reader not to finish. But finish you should, because there's no better exploration of masochism's appeal."-- Elon Green, author of Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust and Murder in Queer New York, "It's testament to Leigh Cowart's skill and charm that a book about pain should feel so joyful, that a deeply taboo subject should get such a bright and vivid airing, and that experiences that should induce winces instead trigger laughs and moments of deep profundity. Hurts So Good is a book of wonderful paradoxes--a rich, hilarious, and endlessly fascinating look at a world that most of us know but few of us understand."" -- Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes, "Is understanding pain--and specifically why people seek out pain--the key to understanding ourselves? Before I read Hurts So Good I wouldn't have thought so, but now I'm convinced. I found myself wondering why this book didn't exist before; and the answer is, because Leigh Cowart had to be the one to do it. This is a deeply-researched, blazingly-written tour de force that unlocks so much of human desire, compulsion, damage, and grace. If there's such a thing as the Great American Popular Science Book, you're looking at it." -- Jess Zimmerman, author of Women and Other Monsters, "A thorough examination of a widely-shared human experience. Cowart blends memoir with research and observation deftly, and boldly shares the gritty details of her own sensation-seeking body. Relevant to anyone seeking to understand their own relationship with physicality. A must-read for those of us who find ourselves trying to explain so many complex things about our relationships to pain." -- Stoya, writer and pornographer
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2021-016418
Dewey Decimal
152.1824
Dewey Edition
23
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