Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the significance of extreme deviance / Erich Goode -- pt. 1. Extreme tattooing. Tattoos are like potato chips-- you can't have just one : the process of becoming and being a collector / Angus Vail. Flesh journeys : the radical body modification of neoprimitives / Michael Atkinson and Kevin Young. Personal account of a tattoo collector / Angus Vail -- pt. 2. Believing that one has been kidnapped by extraterrestrials. Alien attraction : the subculture of UFO contactees and abductees / Christopher D. Bader. Alien abduction as mythmaking / Stephanie Kelley-Romano. How do people come to believe they were abducted by aliens? / Susan A. Clancy -- pt. 3. Being hugely obese. NAAFA : attempting to neutralize the stigma of the hugely obese body / Debra Gimlin. The fat admirer / Erich Goode. Living in an extremely deviant body / "Sally" and "Diane" -- pt. 4. Believing in white supremacy. White supremacy as extreme deviance / Kathleen M. Blee. Interview with Matthew Hale / Russell K. Nieli. What we believe as white racists / Tom Metzger -- pt. 5. Having and endorsing adult-child sexual contact. Pedophiles and child molesters / Keith F. Durkin and Steven Hundersmarck. The world according to NAMBLA : accounting for deviance / Mary de Young. From victim to offender / "Dave". The boylove manifesto / "jay_h" -- pt. 6. Earth First! going to extremes to save the environment. Earth first! deviance inside and out / Rik Scarce. Strategic experimentation and stigmatization in Earth First! / Douglas Lloyd Bevington. I am a lowbagger / Mike Roselle -- pt. 7. Engaging in S&M sexual practices. The pleasure of pain / Marianne Apostolides. Sexual spanking / Rebecca F. Plante. The S&M experience / "Jackie".