Pleasure zones : bodies, cities, spaces

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Pleasure zones : bodies, cities, spaces

David Bell ... [et al.]

(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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