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Title: Leatherfolk, 10th Anniversary by Mark Thompson, Jack Fritscher ISBN: 1-55583-630-5 Publisher: Alyson Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent "Leather Anthology"
Comment: This book sat on my bookshelf for quite a while before I finally sat down and read it cover to cover. I was amazed and impressed by what I read. This anthology features essays by some of the most well-known authors in the leather community including Dorothy Allison, Geoff Mains, Mark Thompson, Guy Baldwin, Pat (now Patrick) Califia, Gayle Rubin, and Joseph Bean. The essays offer a "glimpse" into what "is" the leather community. Topics covered include leather history (from the 1940's through the 1990's, including an excellent essay on the Catacombs, a now legendary San Francisco male fisting and SM playspace), scene politics, spirituality, and numerous other topics about consensual power play.
As other reviewers have pointed out this book is not a "how to guide," but it is of equal value to "SM teaching manuals" in that it gives the reader a "feel" of what this community is about. Those looking to get a better idea of what it is to be in the leather community should read this book, not just for the historical and/or sociological essays here, but just to get the sense (that this anthology conveys) of what the leather scene is about.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not your average how-to manual...
Comment: The Leatherfolk Anthology is full of valuable information and first person accounts from within the BDSM community. This book goes beyond the scope of a how-to-manual with more theoretically based essays designed to inform people not directly involved with BDSM and challenge people in the leather community itself. This book is probably not for anyone who doesn't know what "vanilla sex" means or is other wise sexually non-deviant.
Rating: 5
Summary: Student Opinion, Must Read Book for All!!
Comment: The stories in this book communicate the history and a chronology of the SM and Leather community through various individual's experiences, thoughts and impressions. After reading Thompson's compilation I felt I had a deeper understanding and curiosity for the intricacies of the leather/SM community. The voices are from all over the spectrum and give insights into various multi-layered identities. The editor's determination to portray the chronology and the ancient origins of SM give important foundations for the contemporary commentaries by members of the community. I am a student in a Gay and Lesbian Ethnography class and this was my favorite book over the entire semester and I learned so much through the varied perspectives and historical foundations. It inspired discussions and reflections on sex and how it tends to function socially and personally outside of the SM community and how there is a lot to be learned from that community regarding communication and respect. I must also mention that the piece by Dorothy Allison was one of the most passionate, poetic and evocative excerpts I have read from a lesbian perspective!
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Title: The Leatherman's Handbook: Silver Jubilee Edition by Larry Townsend, Jack Fritscher ISBN: 1881684199 Publisher: Nazca Plains Corp Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Leathersex: A Guide for the Curious Outsider and the Serious Player by Joseph W. Bean ISBN: 1881943054 Publisher: Daedalus Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Ties That Bind: The SM/Leather/Fetish Erotic Style: Issues, Commentaries and Advice by Guy Baldwin, Joseph Bean, Joseph W. Bean ISBN: 1881943097 Publisher: Daedalus Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Leatherman's Handbook II: The Sequel by Larry Townsend ISBN: 1881684202 Publisher: Nazca Plains Corp Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Master's Manual: A Handbook of Erotic Dominance by Jack Rinella ISBN: 1881943038 Publisher: Daedalus Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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