Pleasure Zones

Pleasure Zones
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Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 0815628986
ISBN-13 : 9780815628989
Rating : 4/5 (989 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Pleasure Zones by : David Bell

Download or read book Pleasure Zones written by David Bell and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a subculture appropriate space within the dominant culture? What is the city's relationship to the body? Geographers from England and New Zealand apply queer theory in their consideration of the human body as a vehicle for understanding relationships between people and place. These provocative essays examine the body as an entity constricted by gender, sexuality, race, class, nationality, and disability. They also look at sexual identity as it relates to communities, and how humans "do" gender through regulated practices such as heterosexuality. Pleasure Zones tackles topics such as the politics of gay men's health; the relationship of sex and death to the city; erotic urban landscapes, and how public policy labels lesbians. Each essay attempts to reconcile queer theory and social and cultural theory with the discipline of geography. The result is an illuminating and accessible look at the formation of personal and collective identities. Building on two decades of geography that recognizes the body as a politicized site of struggle, and applying the perspective of the sexual dissident, Pleasure Zones brings a fascinating variety of human experiences into sharp relief.


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