Navigating Consent Through the Lens of Contemporary Sexualities

Is consent simply saying "e;yes"e;? This book argues that it is not. Drawing on concrete cases-a BDSM scene that goes wrong, a dark romance reader facing judgment, a dominatrix rebuilding after domestic violence, and the invention of the telephone as a technology that captures us through the ears-it shows that consent is never a sovereign act but an opaque process, shaped by the unconscious, histo...