Mapping desire : geographies of sexualities /

This is the first book to explore sexualities from a geographical perspective. The nature of place and notions of space are of increasing centrality to cultural and social theory. Mapping Desire presents the rich and diverse world of contemporary sexuality, exploring how the heterosexual body has be...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bell, David, 1965 February 12- (Editor), Valentine, Gill, 1965- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Subjects:	Homosexuality. Lesbianism. Heterosexuality. Gay community. Sex > Philosophy. Gender identity > Philosophy. Place (Philosophy) Heterosexuality Homosexuality Homosexuality, Female Homosexualité. Lesbianisme. Hétérosexualité. Sexualité > Philosophie. Identité de genre > Philosophie. homosexuality. heterosexuality. Gender identity > Philosophy Lesbianism Sex > Philosophy Geschlechterforschung Homosexualität Aufsatzsammlung Seksualiteit. Geografische aspecten. Sex. Sex > Cross-cultural studies. Aufsatzsammlung.
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Table of Contents:

Re-solving riddles : the sexed body / Julia Cream
Locating bisexual identities : discourses of bisexuality and contemporary feminist theory / Clare Hemmings
Of moffies, kaffirs, and perverts : male homosexuality and the discourse of moral order in the apartheid state / Glen Elder
Femme on the streets, butch in the sheets (a play on whores) / Alison Murray
Body work : heterosexual gender performances in city workplaces / Linda McDowell
Wherever I lay my girlfriend, that's my home : the performance and surveillance of lesbian identities in domestic environments / Lynda Johnston and Gill Valentine
The lesbian flâneur / Sally Munt
Fantasy islands : popular topographies of marooned masculinity / Gregory Woods
Sexuality and urban space : a framework for analysis / Lawrence Knopp
'And she told two friends' : lesbians creating urban social space / Tamar Rothenberg
Trading places : consumption, sexuality, and the production of queer space / Jon Binnie
Bachelor farmers and spinsters : gay and lesbian identities and communities in rural North Dakota / Jerry Lee Kramer
(Re)constructing a Spanish red-light district : prostitution, space, and power / Angie Hart
'Surveillant gays' : HIV, space, and the constitution of identities / David Woodhead
Sex, scale, and the 'new urban politics' : HIV-prevention strategies from Yaletown, Vancouver / Michael Brown
'Boom, bye, bye' : Jamaican ragga and gay resistance / Tracey Skelton
The diversity of queer politics and the redefinition of sexual identity and community in urban spaces / Tim Davis
Perverse dynamics, sexual citizenship, and the transformation of intimacy / David Bell.