Space, Place, and Sex (eBook)

Geographies of Sexualities

Lynda Johnston, Robyn Longhurst (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
208 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7425-6748-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This accessible and engaging book provides a critical geography of sex and sexuality from the body to the globe. Drawing on queer, feminist, gender, social, and cultural studies, Lynda Johnston and Robyn Longhurst highlight the complex nature of sex and sexuality and how they are connected to both virtual and physical spaces and places. Their aim is to enrich our understanding of sexual identities and practices—whether they be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, asexual, queer, or heterosexual. Drawing on a diverse array of historical and contemporary examples, the authors argue convincingly that sexual politics permeate all places and spaces at every level of geographical scale. Thus, they illustrate, sexuality affects the way people live in and interact with space and place, as space and place in turn affect people's sexuality.

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This accessible and engaging book explores the ways that space, place, and sex are inextricably linked from the micro to the macro level, from the individual body to the globe. Drawing on queer, feminist, gender, social, and cultural studies, Lynda Johnston and Robyn Longhurst highlight the complex nature of sex and sexuality and how they are connected to both virtual and physical spaces and places. Their aim is to enrich our understanding of sexual identities and practiceswhether they be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, asexual, queer, or heterosexual. They show that bodies are defined and connected through media such as television, movies, ads, and the Internet, as well as through real places such as homes, churches, sports arenas, city streets, beaches, and wilderness. Drawing on a diverse array of historical and contemporary examples, the authors argue convincingly that sexual politics permeate all places and spaces at every level of geographical scale. Thus, they illustrate, sexuality affects the way people live in and interact with space and place, as space and place in turn affect peoples sexuality.

Autor

Lynda Johnston is associate professor in the Department of Geography, Tourism and Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Robyn Longhurst is professor in the Department of Geography, Tourism, and Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Inhalt

Introduction: Geography, Bodies, Sex, and GenderChapter 1: "The Geography Closest In": The BodyChapter 2: At Home with SexChapter 3: Communities: A Sense of BelongingChapter 4: "Sex and the City"Chapter 5: Rural EroticsChapter 6: Nations and National IdentityChapter 7: Global IntimaciesConclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.11.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Why of Where
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7425-6748-6 / 0742567486
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-6748-1 / 9780742567481