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This edited collection explores the important connections between
sexualities, geographies and leisure studies. Chapters consider
aspects of sport, leisure and tourism and show how sexualities are
produced and reproduced within these spatial realms. The critical
and interdisciplinary analyses-which are evident in the
collection-focus on sexuality and the socio-cultural power
relations produced through and in the spaces of leisure. These
theoretical discussions are all informed by recent research
findings and, importantly, extend existing debates within the
fields of geography and leisure studies. A range of appropriate and
relevant topics are covered, including critical debate on sexism,
homophobic, heterosexism and heteronormativity as well as specific
LGBT experiences of sport spectatorship, socialising, Mardi Gras
and skiing. This book offers a unique collection and it is the
first of its kind. This book was published as a special issue of
Leisure Studies.
Ordinary in Brighton? offers the first large scale examination of
the impact of the UK equalities legislation on lesbian, gay, bi-
and trans (LGBT) lives, and the effects of these changes on LGBT
political activism. Using the participatory research project, Count
Me In Too, this book investigates the material issues of
social/spatial injustice that were pertinent for some - but not
all- LGBT people, and explores activisms working in partnership
that operated with/within the state. Ordinary in Brighton? explores
the unevenly felt consequences of assimilation and inclusion in a
city that was compelled to provide a place (literally and
figuratively) for LGBT people. Brighton itself is understood to be
exceptional, and exploring this specific location provides insights
into how place operates as constitutive of lives and activisms.
Despite its placing as 'the gay capital' and its long history as a
favoured location of LGBT people, there is very little academic or
popular literature published about this city. This book offers
insights into the first decade of the 21st century when sexual and
gender dissidents supposedly became ordinary here, rather than
exceptional and transgressive. It argues that geographical
imaginings of this city as the 'gay capital' formed activisms that
sought positive social change for LGBT people. The possibilities of
legislative change and urban inclusivities enabled some LGBT people
to live ordinary lives, but this potential existed in tension with
normalisations and exclusions. Alongside the necessary critiques,
Ordinary in Brighton? asks for conceptualisations of the creative
and co-operative possibilities of ordinariness. The book concludes
by differentiating the exclusionary ideals of normalisation from
the possibilities of ordinariness, which has the potential to
render a range of people not only in-place, but commonplace. All
royalties from this book will be donated to Allsorts Youth Project,
Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboa
Queer Methods and Methodologies provides the first systematic
consideration of the implications of a queer perspective in the
pursuit of social scientific research. This volume grapples with
key contemporary questions regarding the methodological
implications for social science research undertaken from diverse
queer perspectives, and explores the limitations and potentials of
queer engagements with social science research techniques and
methodologies. With contributors based in the UK, USA, Canada,
Sweden, New Zealand and Australia, this truly international volume
will appeal to anyone pursuing research at the intersections
between social scientific research and queer perspectives, as well
as those engaging with methodological considerations in social
science research more broadly.
Comprehensive and authoritative, this state-of-the-art review both
charts and develops the rich sub-discipline geographies of
sexualities, exploring sex-gender, sexuality and sexual practices.
Emerging from the desire to examine differences and exclusions as a
key aspect of human geographies, these geographies have engaged
with heterosexual and queer, lesbian, gay, bi and trans lives.
Developing thinking in this area, geographers and other social
scientists have illustrated the centrality of place, space and
other spatial relationships in reconstituting sexual practices,
representations, desires, as well as sexed bodies and lives. This
book reviews the current state of the field and offers new insights
from authors located on five continents. In doing so, the book
seeks to draw on and influence core debates in this field, as well
as disrupt the Anglo-American hegemony in studies of sexualities,
sexes and geographies. This volume is the definitive collection in
the area, bringing together many international leaders in the
field, alongside scholars that are well-established outside the
Anglophone academy, and many emerging talents who will lead the
field in the decades to come.
Drawn from extensive, new and rich empirical research across the
UK, Canada and USA, Queer Spiritual Spaces investigates the
contemporary socio-cultural practices of belief, by those who have
historically been, and continue to be, excluded or derided by
mainstream religions and alternative spiritualities. As the first
monograph to be directly informed by 'queer' subjectivities whilst
dealing with divergent spiritualities on an international scale,
this book explores the recently emerging innovative spaces and
integrative practices of queer spiritualities. Its breadth of
coverage and keen critical engagement mean it will serve as a
theoretically fertile, comprehensive entry point for any scholar
wishing to explore the queer spiritual spaces of the twenty-first
century.
It has long been recognised that the spatialisation of sexual lives
is always gendered. Sexism and male dominance are a pervasive
reality and lesbian issues are rarely afforded the same prominence
as gay issues. Thus, lesbian geographies continue to be a salient
axis of difference, challenging the conflation of lesbians and gay
men, as well as the trope that homonormativity affects lesbians and
gay men in the same ways. This volume explores lesbian geographies
in diverse geographical, social and cultural contexts and presents
new approaches, using English as a working language but not as a
cultural framework. Going beyond the dominant trace of
Anglo-American perspectives of research in sexualities, this book
presents research in a wide range of countries including Australia,
Argentina, Israel, Canada, USA, Russia, Poland, Spain, Hungary and
Mexico.
Ordinary in Brighton? offers the first large scale examination of
the impact of the UK equalities legislation on lesbian, gay, bi-
and trans (LGBT) lives, and the effects of these changes on LGBT
political activism. Using the participatory research project, Count
Me In Too, this book investigates the material issues of
social/spatial injustice that were pertinent for some - but not
all- LGBT people, and explores activisms working in partnership
that operated with/within the state. Ordinary in Brighton? explores
the unevenly felt consequences of assimilation and inclusion in a
city that was compelled to provide a place (literally and
figuratively) for LGBT people. Brighton itself is understood to be
exceptional, and exploring this specific location provides insights
into how place operates as constitutive of lives and activisms.
Despite its placing as 'the gay capital' and its long history as a
favoured location of LGBT people, there is very little academic or
popular literature published about this city. This book offers
insights into the first decade of the 21st century when sexual and
gender dissidents supposedly became ordinary here, rather than
exceptional and transgressive. It argues that geographical
imaginings of this city as the 'gay capital' formed activisms that
sought positive social change for LGBT people. The possibilities of
legislative change and urban inclusivities enabled some LGBT people
to live ordinary lives, but this potential existed in tension with
normalisations and exclusions. Alongside the necessary critiques,
Ordinary in Brighton? asks for conceptualisations of the creative
and co-operative possibilities of ordinariness. The book concludes
by differentiating the exclusionary ideals of normalisation from
the possibilities of ordinariness, which has the potential to
render a range of people not only in-place, but commonplace. All
royalties from this book will be donated to Allsorts Youth Project,
Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboa
Drawn from extensive, new and rich empirical research across the
UK, Canada and USA, Queer Spiritual Spaces investigates the
contemporary socio-cultural practices of belief, by those who have
historically been, and continue to be, excluded or derided by
mainstream religions and alternative spiritualities. As the first
monograph to be directly informed by 'queer' subjectivities whilst
dealing with divergent spiritualities on an international scale,
this book explores the recently emerging innovative spaces and
integrative practices of queer spiritualities. Its breadth of
coverage and keen critical engagement mean it will serve as a
theoretically fertile, comprehensive entry point for any scholar
wishing to explore the queer spiritual spaces of the twenty-first
century.
This edited collection explores the important connections between
sexualities, geographies and leisure studies. Chapters consider
aspects of sport, leisure and tourism and show how sexualities are
produced and reproduced within these spatial realms. The critical
and interdisciplinary analyses-which are evident in the
collection-focus on sexuality and the socio-cultural power
relations produced through and in the spaces of leisure. These
theoretical discussions are all informed by recent research
findings and, importantly, extend existing debates within the
fields of geography and leisure studies. A range of appropriate and
relevant topics are covered, including critical debate on sexism,
homophobic, heterosexism and heteronormativity as well as specific
LGBT experiences of sport spectatorship, socialising, Mardi Gras
and skiing. This book offers a unique collection and it is the
first of its kind. This book was published as a special issue of
Leisure Studies.
Comprehensive and authoritative, this state-of-the-art review both
charts and develops the rich sub-discipline geographies of
sexualities, exploring sex-gender, sexuality and sexual practices.
Emerging from the desire to examine differences and exclusions as a
key aspect of human geographies, these geographies have engaged
with heterosexual and queer, lesbian, gay, bi and trans lives.
Developing thinking in this area, geographers and other social
scientists have illustrated the centrality of place, space and
other spatial relationships in reconstituting sexual practices,
representations, desires, as well as sexed bodies and lives. This
book reviews the current state of the field and offers new insights
from authors located on five continents. In doing so, the book
seeks to draw on and influence core debates in this field, as well
as disrupt the Anglo-American hegemony in studies of sexualities,
sexes and geographies. This volume is the definitive collection in
the area, bringing together many international leaders in the
field, alongside scholars that are well-established outside the
Anglophone academy, and many emerging talents who will lead the
field in the decades to come.
Queer Methods and Methodologies provides the first systematic
consideration of the implications of a queer perspective in the
pursuit of social scientific research. This volume grapples with
key contemporary questions regarding the methodological
implications for social science research undertaken from diverse
queer perspectives, and explores the limitations and potentials of
queer engagements with social science research techniques and
methodologies. With contributors based in the UK, USA, Canada,
Sweden, New Zealand and Australia, this truly international volume
will appeal to anyone pursuing research at the intersections
between social scientific research and queer perspectives, as well
as those engaging with methodological considerations in social
science research more broadly.
Recent years have seen a dramatic upsurge of interest in the
connections between sexualities, space and place. Drawing
established and 'founding' figures of the field together with
emerging authors, this innovative volume offers a broad,
interdisciplinary and international overview of the geographies of
sexualities. Incorporating a discussion of queer geographies,
Geographies of Sexualities engages with cutting edge agendas and
challenges the orthodoxies within geography regarding spatialities
and sexualities. It contains original and previously unpublished
material that spans the often separated areas of theory, practices
and politics. This innovative volume offers a trans-disciplinary
engagement with the spatialities of sexualities, intersecting
discussions of sexualities with issues such as development, race,
gender and other forms of social difference.
It has long been recognised that the spatialisation of sexual lives
is always gendered. Sexism and male dominance are a pervasive
reality and lesbian issues are rarely afforded the same prominence
as gay issues. Thus, lesbian geographies continue to be a salient
axis of difference, challenging the conflation of lesbians and gay
men, as well as the trope that homonormativity affects lesbians and
gay men in the same ways. This volume explores lesbian geographies
in diverse geographical, social and cultural contexts and presents
new approaches, using English as a working language but not as a
cultural framework. Going beyond the dominant trace of
Anglo-American perspectives of research in sexualities, this book
presents research in a wide range of countries including Australia,
Argentina, Israel, Canada, USA, Russia, Poland, Spain, Hungary and
Mexico.
Liveable Lives examines what makes life liveable for LGBTQ+ people
beyond equality reforms. It refuses the colonizing narrative of
surviving in a ‘regressive’ Global South and thriving in a
‘progressive’ Global North. By linking the concept of
liveability with the decolonial literature on sexualities, this
open access book draws on individual's stories, art and writing to
examine how lives become liveable across India and the UK,
providing a multifaceted investigation of two divergent contexts
where activists refuse local framings of exclusion/inclusion and
LGBTQ+ lives are continually re-envisioned. Embracing diverse
methodologies, including workshops, in-depth interviews, street
theatres, and web surveys, the book stands as an example of a queer
collaborative praxis that refuses the familiar Global North /
Global South practices of theorizing and data gathering. The ebook
editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND
4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Around the world, LGBTQ+ activists have won an unprecedented series
of political victories, from marriage equality to increased
representation in government. But this success has sparked a
backlash. While there has been much scrutiny of the role of the
Christian right in opposing LGBTQ+ equality in the US, the backlash
goes far beyond these traditional elements, and also extends beyond
the US to countries including the UK, Ireland and Canada. In this
book, Nash and Brown consider the rise of the new
‘heteroactivism’, showing how social media and new sources of
funding have reinvigorated the opponents of LGBTQ+ rights. They
also show how the rhetoric and tactics of this new generation of
heteroactivists differs from that of their predecessors, exploiting
notions of ‘parental rights’ and freedom of speech to assert
heteronormative values in spaces ranging from schools to
workplaces. They also reveal the increasingly transnational nature
of anti- LGBTQ+ activism, with growing links between
heteroactivists in the US, UK and beyond.
The referendum to overturn Ireland's near-total abortion ban in
2018 stands as one of the most remarkable political events of
recent times. The campaign to repeal the 8th amendment succeeded
not only in challenging centuries of religious and patriarchal
dogma, but in signalling a major transformation in Irish society
itself. After Repeal explores both the campaign and the
implications of the referendum result for politics, identity and
culture today. Bringing together a range of international
perspectives, this collection transcends geographical and
disciplinary boundaries while exploring themes including activism,
artwork, social movements, law, media, democratic institutions, and
reproductive technologies. This work looks beyond the Irish context
and to the future, offering unique insight into the wider struggle
for reproductive justice around the world.
The referendum to overturn Ireland's near-total abortion ban in
2018 stands as one of the most remarkable political events of
recent times. The campaign to repeal the 8th amendment succeeded
not only in challenging centuries of religious and patriarchal
dogma, but in signalling a major transformation in Irish society
itself. After Repeal explores both the campaign and the
implications of the referendum result for politics, identity and
culture today. Bringing together a range of international
perspectives, this collection transcends geographical and
disciplinary boundaries while exploring themes including activism,
artwork, social movements, law, media, democratic institutions, and
reproductive technologies. This work looks beyond the Irish context
and to the future, offering unique insight into the wider struggle
for reproductive justice around the world.
Liveable Lives examines what makes life liveable for LGBTQ+ people
beyond equality reforms. It refuses the colonizing narrative of
surviving in a ‘regressive’ Global South and thriving in a
‘progressive’ Global North. By linking the concept of
liveability with the decolonial literature on sexualities, this
open access book draws on individual's stories, art and writing to
examine how lives become liveable across India and the UK,
providing a multifaceted investigation of two divergent contexts
where activists refuse local framings of exclusion/inclusion and
LGBTQ+ lives are continually re-envisioned. Embracing diverse
methodologies, including workshops, in-depth interviews, street
theatres, and web surveys, the book stands as an example of a queer
collaborative praxis that refuses the familiar Global North /
Global South practices of theorizing and data gathering. The ebook
editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND
4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Drawing on the incredible wealth of diversity of languages,
cultures and movements in which lesbian feminisms have been
articulated, this book confronts the historic devaluation of
lesbian-feminist politics within Anglo-American discourse and
ignites a transnational and transgenerational discussion regarding
the relevance of lesbian feminisms in today's world, a discussion
that challenges the view of lesbian feminism as static and
essentialist. Through careful consideration of contemporary
debates, these writers, theorists, academics and activists consider
the wider place of lesbian feminisms within queer theory,
post-colonial feminism, and the movement for LGBT rights. It
considers how lesbian feminisms can contribute to discussions on
intersectionality, engage with trans activism and the need for
trans-inclusion, to ultimately show how lesbian feminisms can offer
a transformative approach to today's sexual and gender politics.
Around the world, LGBTQ+ activists have won an unprecedented series
of political victories, from marriage equality to increased
representation in government. But this success has sparked a
backlash. While there has been much scrutiny of the role of the
Christian right in opposing LGBTQ+ equality in the US, the backlash
goes far beyond these traditional elements, and also extends beyond
the US to countries including the UK, Ireland and Canada. In this
book, Nash and Brown consider the rise of the new
‘heteroactivism’, showing how social media and new sources of
funding have reinvigorated the opponents of LGBTQ+ rights. They
also show how the rhetoric and tactics of this new generation of
heteroactivists differs from that of their predecessors, exploiting
notions of ‘parental rights’ and freedom of speech to assert
heteronormative values in spaces ranging from schools to
workplaces. They also reveal the increasingly transnational nature
of anti- LGBTQ+ activism, with growing links between
heteroactivists in the US, UK and beyond.
This international edited collection contributes to knowledge about
the geographies of sexualities experienced and imagined in rural
spaces. The book draws attention to the heterogeneity of rural
contexts and the diversity of meanings about sexualities within and
across these spaces. The collection examines four key themes.
First, 'Intimacies and Institutions' focuses on how intimate
relationships are governed by societal, discursive and
institutional structures, and regulated by social, political and
legal frames of citizenship and belonging. The chapters present
historical and contemporary case studies of the constitution and
management of intimate sexual lives and relationships in rural and
non-metropolitan spaces. Second, 'Communities' explores how sexual
identities are socially-constructed and relationally-performed in
rural communities, scrutinizing the complex interplay of belonging
and alienation, inclusion and exclusion, for sexual subjects and
communities within rural spaces. Analyzing films, literature and
interviews, the chapters examine sexuality and community, and
"queer" notions of rural family and community. Third, 'Mobilities'
examines movement/migration at different scales. Cross-national
data provides insights into similarities and differences in rural
migration and homemaking for lesbians, gay men and same-sex
families. The chapters consider how movement, coming out and
memories of time and place inflect home, identity and belonging for
rural lesbians and gay men. Fourth, 'Production and Consumption'
investigates the commodification of rural sexualities. The chapters
interrogate the management of animal bodies and sexualities in
industrial agriculture for consumer pleasure and commercial ends;
how heterosexuality and sexual relations are transacted in mining
communities; and the global commodification of rural masculine
sexualities. This book is timely. It provides important new
insights about ruralities and sexualities, filling a gap in
theoretical and empirical understandings about how sexualities in
diverse rural spaces are given meaning. This collection begins the
processes of furthering discussion and knowledge about the
inherently dynamic and constantly changing nature of the rural and
the multiple, varied and complex sexual subjectivities lived
through corporeal experiences and virtual and imagined lives.
This international edited collection contributes to knowledge about
the geographies of sexualities experienced and imagined in rural
spaces. The book draws attention to the heterogeneity of rural
contexts and the diversity of meanings about sexualities within and
across these spaces. The collection examines four key themes.
First, 'Intimacies and Institutions' focuses on how intimate
relationships are governed by societal, discursive and
institutional structures, and regulated by social, political and
legal frames of citizenship and belonging. The chapters present
historical and contemporary case studies of the constitution and
management of intimate sexual lives and relationships in rural and
non-metropolitan spaces. Second, 'Communities' explores how sexual
identities are socially-constructed and relationally-performed in
rural communities, scrutinizing the complex interplay of belonging
and alienation, inclusion and exclusion, for sexual subjects and
communities within rural spaces. Analyzing films, literature and
interviews, the chapters examine sexuality and community, and
"queer" notions of rural family and community. Third, 'Mobilities'
examines movement/migration at different scales. Cross-national
data provides insights into similarities and differences in rural
migration and homemaking for lesbians, gay men and same-sex
families. The chapters consider how movement, coming out and
memories of time and place inflect home, identity and belonging for
rural lesbians and gay men. Fourth, 'Production and Consumption'
investigates the commodification of rural sexualities. The chapters
interrogate the management of animal bodies and sexualities in
industrial agriculture for consumer pleasure and commercial ends;
how heterosexuality and sexual relations are transacted in mining
communities; and the global commodification of rural masculine
sexualities. This book is timely. It provides important new
insights about ruralities and sexualities, filling a gap in
theoretical and empirical understandings about how sexualities in
diverse rural spaces are given meaning. This collection begins the
processes of furthering discussion and knowledge about the
inherently dynamic and constantly changing nature of the rural and
the multiple, varied and complex sexual subjectivities lived
through corporeal experiences and virtual and imagined lives.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people often face
unique challenges as they grow older. It is vital that those
providing them with care and support understand their needs, wishes
and experiences. This book demonstrates how biographical approaches
can increase understanding about the distinct perspectives of older
LGBT people, enhancing inclusive care and support. Chapters explore
people's expectations and fears surrounding care and service
provision, the impact of discrimination, and specific issues such
as HIV, dementia and end-of-life care. The importance of
understanding people's whole lives in order to meet their needs is
demonstrated, drawing on the examples of community projects that
provide services and build networks. The voices of older LGBT
people are heard throughout the book through the use of case
examples and original research. This insightful book will be
essential reading for all those supporting or caring for older LGBT
people, as well as students and researchers in the health and
social work fields.
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