Closet Space

Geographies of Metaphor from the Body to the Globe
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-18765-7
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 317 g

Reihe: Critical Geographies

Is the closet just a metaphor? Closet Space provides a highly original account of the spatial metaphor of "the closet", and is the first geography text to focus on this important issue. Using a variety of research techniques and materials, the book explores the closet through texts including:

* the oral histories of gay men in the UK and US
* the sexualised landscape of a New Zealand city
* the national census of Britain and the US
* international travel guides and travelogues
and refers to the work of Butler, Lefebvre and Foucault.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Michael P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures ix
List of tables xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Epistemologies and geographies of the closet 1
2 The bodies in the closet: performativity, space and
personal narratives 27
3 Producing the closet in urban space: spatiality,
sexuality and capitalism 54
4 National closets: governmentality, sexuality and
the census 88
WITH PAUL BOYLE
5 Worlding the closet: desire, travel and writing 116
6 Conclusion: where is the closet? 141
Bibliography 150
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael P. Brown