{"product_id":"second-skin-isbn-9781646223350","title":"Second Skin","description":"\u003cb\u003eA taboo-bursting, personal and cultural tour through different sexual fetishes that asks: \u003ci\u003eDo we have the courage to look at our desires directly, and express them unapologetically\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe smell of leather. The flash of a harness. The snap of a latex glove. Welcome to the radical, vibrant world of sexual fetishists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn twenty-first-century commodity culture, we are all intimately involved with objects: we covet a Birkin bag; we keep sneakers box-fresh. We are all, in a sense, all fetishists. But occasionally this desire spills into something more subversive. \u003ci\u003eSecond Skin\u003c\/i\u003e offers a tour through the materials, objects, and power dynamics commonly fetishised, unpacking their histories, their expressive potential, and the communities they give rise to. Drawing from her encounters with fellow fetishists and kinksters, it is also the story of Anastasiia Fedorova’s own journey of what it means to come to terms with one’s sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving between memoir, cultural criticism, reportage, erotic writing, and social history,\u003ci\u003e Second Skin \u003c\/i\u003eis a researched and topical book that encourages us to rethink how we see not only our own desires, but the world that creates them.\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by\u003ci\u003e Ms.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSecond Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is more sociological than sexy; more anthropological than animalistic. Its raison d’etre is not simply to convey the history, the mechanics, the meaning or even the sexual pleasures of fetishism. More significantly, in this American era, with basic human rights being violated in our legislature and on our streets; when being 'different' and\/or challenging the powers that be is punishable by death, this British-born book advocates for a person’s right to like what they like and to get it consensually.\" —Meredith Maran,\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Fedorova] writes shrewdly about how we imbue objects with meaning and status . . . She takes a historian’s pleasure in handling obscure ephemera and a kinkster’s delight in the scent of the Dettol spray used to clean fetish clubs . . . Fedorova seems to understand that sexual deviation is an extension of everyday life: the most moving passages in \u003ci\u003eSecond Skin\u003c\/i\u003e aren’t the scenes of masked ravers in clubs but those in which eroticism shades the gap between the banal and the intimate . . . [\u003ci\u003eSecond Skin\u003c\/i\u003e] takes our most uncanny attractions and reveals their eminent humanity.\" —Lilian Fishman,\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Through the historiography of popular objects in kink communities, Fedorova compiles a nuanced look at how leather, latex, and other fetish objects play into sexual expression.\" —Marissa Gallerani, \u003ci\u003eHippocampus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A promising new entry into the canon of kink studies.\" —\u003ci\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An interior exploration of kinky desire and its impact on and integration into modern society. In this dynamic debut, writer, queer archive curator, and fetishist Fedorova, believes that kink communities don’t deserve the judgmental disapproval they receive, and she encourages a deeper understanding, appreciation, and social valuing . . . Creatively fusing the worlds of art, alternative sex, and fashion into her study, the author diligently explores a provocative collective of kink and fetish categories . . . Fedorova writes with passion, knowledge, and authority to dispel these perceptions, noting the 'many ways' fetishists can always 'find home.' An intimately written, sex-positive look at the history and ongoing preservation of kink culture.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Expansive and intimate, probing and emboldening . . . A book for anybody who has ever wondered what it might mean to put more of ourselves—dare we say, all of ourselves?—into sex.\" —Polly Barton, author of \u003ci\u003ePorn: An Oral History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An archive, a celebration. At times, it's reminiscent of conversations had with like-minded friends and fellow queers. A complex, nuanced, and deeply rewarding foray into a world paradoxically visible and in the shadows.\" —Joshua Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eLocal Fires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rigorous study that throbs and pummels hard to beneath the surface of fetish. It's written with an electric charge. I submitted to every page.\" —Jodie Harsh, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Had To Be There \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A perfect balance of fascinating history, reflective memoir and up-to-date reporting. I slipped into \u003ci\u003eSecond Skin\u003c\/i\u003e as if it were a glove. Fetish may not be for everyone—but this book is!\" —Adam Zmith, author of \u003ci\u003eDeep Sniff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At last, a book on kink that isn’t squeamish and that doesn’t act like its subjects are bewildering freaks! Part tender investigation, part ecstatic hymn,\u003ci\u003e Second Skin\u003c\/i\u003e will give you goosebumps in all kinds of places.\" —Charlie Fox, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Young Monster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Insightful, clear-eyed, generous, and surprisingly tender . . . You will feel it wrap itself around you like a gimp mask or a hard-earned embrace from your perfect Domina.\" —Brittany Newell, author of \u003ci\u003eSoftcore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"An elegant, intelligent, intimate exploration of the way a sexual charge can alchemize objects and vibes into worlds unto themselves.\" —Michelle Tea, author of \u003ci\u003eKnocking Myself Up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A personal and informative exploration of the many worlds of fetishism. I really enjoyed it.\" —Cosey Fanni Tutti, author of \u003ci\u003eArt Sex Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A fascinating book about fetish and community. It works on both the mind and the senses; an erudite, intimate, and beautifully written account of the textures and symbols that animate our erotic lives.\" —Jack Parlett, author of \u003ci\u003eFire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eANASTASIIA FEDOROVA\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, curator, and researcher based in London. She has written for Dazed, i-D, Frieze, Vogue, and The Guardian, among other publications. She has established herself as an expert in the fields of kink and fetish, and has spoken at the ICA, the Barbican, Central Saint Martins, and London’s Klub Verboten. She is also one- third of the team behind HÄN, a contemporary queer archive dedicated to lesbian, dyke, trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming creative expression. \u003ci\u003eSecond Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233537274085,"sku":"NP9781646223350","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781646223350.jpg?v=1767736258","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/second-skin-isbn-9781646223350","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}