Pleasure zones : bodies, cities, spaces / David Bell ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bell, David, 1965 February 12-

Series:

Space, place, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Social aspects.

Sex role.

Gender identity.

Human geography.

Personal space.

Public spaces.

Physical Description:

xiv, 151 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Provides a new interpretation of space and sexuality, with topics ranging from pregnant embodiment to the performance of sexual identities in video diaries, from lesbian geographies to mapping the erotics of the city.

Contents:

Upstairs/downstairs- place matters, bodies matter / Jon Binnie, Robyn Longhurst & Robin Peace

Trim, taut, 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-146) and index.

ISBN:

0815628978

0815628986

OCLC:

46683532