Is the closet just a metaphor? Closet Space provides a highly original account of the spatial metaphor of "the closet," and is the first geography text to focus on this important issue. Using a variety of research techniques and materials, the book explores the closet through texts including:
* the oral histories of gay men in the UK and US
* the sexualised landscape of a New Zealand city
* the national census of Britain and the US
* international travel guides and travelogues
and refers to the work of Butler, Lefebvre and Foucault.
Autorentext
Michael P. Brown
Inhalt
List of figures ix List of tables xi Acknowledgements xiii 1 Epistemologies and geographies of the closet 1 2 The bodies in the closet: performativity, space and personal narratives 27 3 Producing the closet in urban space: spatiality, sexuality and capitalism 54 4 National closets: governmentality, sexuality and the census 88 WITH PAUL BOYLE 5 Worlding the closet: desire, travel and writing 116 6 Conclusion: where is the closet? 141 Bibliography 150 Index