Pleasure zones : bodies, cities, spaces
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Pleasure zones : bodies, cities, spaces
(Space, place, and society series / series editor, John Rennie Short)
Syracuse University Press, 2001
1st ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-146) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table 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
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