From the hotspots of commercial sex through to the suburbia of
twitching curtains, urban life and sexualities appear inseparable.
Cities are the source of our most familiar images of sexual
practice, and are the spaces where new understandings of sexuality
take shape. In an era of global business and tourism, cities are
also the hubs around which a global sex trade is organised and
where virtual sex content is obsessively produced and consumed.
Detailing the relationships between sexed bodies, sexual
subjectivities and forms of intimacy, Cities and Sexualities
explores the role of the city in shaping our sexual lives. At the
same time, it describes how the actions of urban governors, city
planners, the police and judiciary combine to produce cities in
which some sexual proclivities and tastes are normalised and others
excluded. In so doing, it maps out the diverse sexual landscapes of
the city - from spaces of courtship, coupling and cohabitation
through to sites of adult entertainment, prostitution, and
pornography. Considering both the normative geographies of
heterosexuality and monogamy, as well as urban geographies of
radical/queer sex, this book provides a unique perspective on the
relationship between sex and the city.
Cities and Sexualities offers a wide overview of the
state-of-the-art in geographies and sociologies of sexuality, as
well as an empirically-grounded account of the forms of desire that
animate the erotic city. It describes the diverse sexual landscapes
that characterise both the contemporary Western city as well as
cities in the global South. The book features a wide range of boxed
case studies as well as suggestions for further reading at the end
each chapter. It will appeal to undergraduate students studying
Geography, Urban Studies, Gender Studies and Sociology.
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