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Provides a new interpretation of space and sexuality, with topics ranging from pregnant embodiment to the performance of sexual identities in video diaries, from lesbian geographies to mapping the erotics of the city.
List of contents
- "Upstairs/Downstairs - Place Matters, Bodies Matter," Jon Binnie, Robin Peace, and Robyn Longhurst; - "Trim, Taught, Terrific, and Pregnant," Robyn Longhurst; - "Producing Lesbians: Canonical Properties," Robin Peace; - "(Dis)Comforting Identities," Ruth Holliday; - "Fragments for a Queer City," David Bell; - "The Erotic Possibilities of the City," Jon Binnie
About the author
David BelI teaches cultural studies at Staffordshire University. He is coeditor of
Mapping Desire, The Cybercultures Reader, and
City Visions, and coauthor of
Consuming Geographies and
The Sexual Citizen . Jon Binnie lectures in human geography at Manchester Metropolitan University. His work has appeared in
Society and Space, Gender, Place, and Culture, Environment and
Planning, and Progress in Human Geography. He is currently writing a book on sexuality and globalization,
Globalizing Desires, and is coauthor of
The Sexual Citizen. Ruth Holliday lectures in cultural studies at Staffordshire University. She is coeditor of
Organization/Representation, Organizing the Body, and
Contested Bodies. She recently completed an Economic and Social Research Council-funded project entitled
Public Performances, Private Lives: Identity at Work, Rest, and Play, from which the material in her chapter is drawn.
Robyn Longhurst is a lecturer in the Department of Geography, University of Waikato. She has published essays in numerous edited collections and geographical journals and is author of
Bodies: Exploring Fluid Boundaries. Robin Peace is currently a senior researcher for the Ministry of Social Policy, New Zealand. She was previously a lecturer in feminist geography at the University of Waikato.
Summary
The essays collected in this volume apply queer theory in a consideration of the human body as a vehicle for understanding relationships between people and place. The book examines the body as an entity constructed by gender, sexuality, race, class, nationality and disability.
