Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart

Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

Leigh Cowart

237 pages hardcover 2021

5 editions

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose—from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners, to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers.Masochism is sexy, human, reviled, worshipped,...

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