Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index
Defiance: bodies, minds, and marginality -- Geeks and freaks: marginal identity and community-- Tipping the scales: striving for imbalance-- Fringe benefits: the rewards of SM play -- Badasses, servants, and martyrs: gender performances -- Reconcilable differences: pain, eroticism, and violence -- Collaborating the edge: feminism and edgework -- "What it is that we do": intimate edgework