London, Queer Spaces and Historiography in the Works of Sarah Waters and Alan Hollinghurst

Queer spaces are crucial for the construction of LGBTQ+ communities, as they constitute places where queer subjects can create political, social, and affective alliances. Júlia Braga Neves shows how these spaces are pivotal for the representation of queer history in the fictional works by the British authors Sarah Waters and Alan Hollinghurst, whose characters and plots are articulated through and within London's sexual geographies. Considering the intersection between gender, sexuality, and class, this study engages with spatial, queer, feminist, and Marxist theories as a means to reflect on London, queer historiography, and the relationship between subject and urban space.

About the author

Júlia Braga Neves is a professor of English literature at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She completed her PhD in English Literature and Culture at Humboldt University in Berlin and King's College London and pursues research involving Gender and Queer Studies, London, literature and historiography, and Contemporary English literature.

Product details

• Authors: Júlia Braga Neves
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2022
• EAN: 9783837657340
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-5734-0
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 22 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 536 g
• Illustrations: Dispersionsbindung
• Series: Queer Studies; Queer Studies 22
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; London, Sex und Sexualität, soziale Aspekte, Gender, Soziologie: Familie und Beziehungen, Literature, Cultural History, Literary Studies, British Studies, Queer Theory, Sexuality, Sarah Waters, auseinandersetzen, LGBTQ+ / Untersuchungen zu Homosexualität, Queer Spaces, Alan Hollinghurst, Queer Historiography