Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination

by Sheila L. Cavanagh

Book Overview

The intersection of public washrooms and gender has become increasingly politicized in recent years: queer and trans folk have been harassed for allegedly using the 'wrong' washroom, while widespread campaigns have advocated for more gender-neutral facilities. In Queering Bathrooms, Sheila L. Cavanagh explores how public toilets demarcate the masculine and the feminine and condition ideas of gender and sexuality.

Based on 100 interviews with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442610735
• ISBN13: 9781442610736
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher