Pleasure Zones: Bodies, Cities, Spaces

by David J. Bell

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815628986
• ISBN13: 9780815628989
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"