1st Edition

Geographies of Sexualities

Edited By Emily Kazyak Copyright 2023
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Focusing on locations as diverse as the rural southern United States, Brazil, Istanbul, and South Korea, this book advances our understandings about how lesbian, bisexual, and queer women navigate identity, community, and politics. It brings together international scholars whose work addresses how meanings about sexuality and place intertwine. The chapters in this edited volume challenge the... Read more

Introduction: "Geographies of Sexualities" 

Emily Kazyak 

1. Not in our community: Queer women challenge religious homophobia in rural Kentucky 

Bernadette Barton and Ashley Currier 

2. "Not in my name": The anti-racist praxis of Mab Segrest & Minnie Bruce Pratt 

Amanda Mixon 

3. Racialized sexualization & agency in exotic dance among women 

Cristina Khan 

4. Queer space and alternate queer geographies: LBQ women and the search for sexual partners at two LGBTQ-friendly U.S. universities 

Janelle M. Pham 

5. Queer Anthropophagy: Building women-centered LGBT + space in Northeastern Brazil 

Sarah Nicholus 

6. Making lesbian space at the edge of Europe: Queer spaces in Istanbul 

Ozlem Atalay and Petra L. Doan 

7. Balancing safety and visibility: Lesbian community building strategies in South Korea 

Chelle Jones 

8. "You out-gayed the gays": Gay aesthetic power and lesbian, bisexual, and queer women in LGBTQ spaces 

Amy L. Stone 

9. "That crosscountry 1969 vw squareback and holiday inn affair": Lesbian mobility 

Liz Millward 

10. From situated space to social space: Dyke bar commemoration as reparative action 

Japonica Brown-Saracino 

Biography

Emily Kazyak is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Her areas of specialization include sexuality, geography, law and family.