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Closet space : geographies of metaphor from the body to the globe / Michael P. Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Michael P., 1966-
- Series:
- Critical geographies.
- Critical geographies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Closeted gay people.
- Coming out (Sexual orientation).
- Spatial behavior.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 traveloguesand refers to the work of Butler, Lefebvre and Foucault.
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 EPISTEMOLOGIES AND GEOGRAPHIES OF THE CLOSET; 2 THE BODIES IN THE CLOSET; 3 PRODUCING THE CLOSET IN URBAN SPACE; 4 NATIONAL CLOSETS; 5 WORLDING THE CLOSET; 6 CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-66119-3
- 0-203-99198-2
- 9786610108152
- 1-280-10815-0
- 9780203991985
- OCLC:
- 275233520
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