The Masochism of Devotion as Seen in Ritual Possession

masochism  Masochism definition: the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering physical pain or humiliation See examples of MASOCHISM used in a Where does the noun masochism come from? The earliest known use of the noun masochism is in the 1890s OED's earliest evidence for masochism is from 1892, in

Sexual masochism disorder is a mental health-related issue in which a person is sexually aroused by experiencing pain or humiliation This paper will review some of the theoretical and clinical features of masochism from an eclectic point of view The topic of masochism has been taken up

PDF On Sep 1, 1984, Gaylyn Studlar published Masochism and the Perverse Pleasures of the Cinema THE PHENOMENA of masochism seem at first sight to pose a biodynamic paradox, in that self-injurious behavior patterns appear to serve the purposes neither