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Hurts So Good
The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
Taschenbuch von Leigh Cowart
Sprache: Englisch

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An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers

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.
An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers

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.
Über den Autor
Leigh Cowart is a researcher and journalist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Magazine, Buzzfeed News, Hazlitt, Longreads, Vice, and other outlets. Before becoming a journalist, Cowart was immersed in academia, doing research on subjects like sexual dimorphism in leaf-nosed bats, and resource allocation in flowers. They live in Asheville, NC.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 256
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781541798038
ISBN-10: 1541798031
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cowart, Leigh
Hersteller: PUBLICAFFAIRS
Maße: 207 x 137 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Leigh Cowart
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.07.2023
Gewicht: 0,236 kg
preigu-id: 125828083
Über den Autor
Leigh Cowart is a researcher and journalist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Magazine, Buzzfeed News, Hazlitt, Longreads, Vice, and other outlets. Before becoming a journalist, Cowart was immersed in academia, doing research on subjects like sexual dimorphism in leaf-nosed bats, and resource allocation in flowers. They live in Asheville, NC.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 256
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781541798038
ISBN-10: 1541798031
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cowart, Leigh
Hersteller: PUBLICAFFAIRS
Maße: 207 x 137 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Leigh Cowart
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.07.2023
Gewicht: 0,236 kg
preigu-id: 125828083
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