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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450311703321

Autore

Brown Michael P

Titolo

Closet Space [[electronic resource] ] : Geographies of Metaphor from the Body to the Globe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2000

ISBN

1-134-66119-3

0-203-99198-2

9786610108152

1-280-10815-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Critical geographies Closet space

Disciplina

306

306.76/6

Soggetti

Closeted gays

Coming out (Sexual orientation)

Homosexuality, Male

Social sciences

Spatial behavior

Gay & Lesbian Studies

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Closeted gays - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 EPISTEMOLOGIES AND GEOGRAPHIES OF THE CLOSET; 2 THE BODIES IN THE CLOSET; 3 PRODUCING THE CLOSET IN URBAN SPACE; 4 NATIONAL CLOSETS; 5 WORLDING THE CLOSET; 6 CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 traveloguesand refers to the work of Butler, Lefebvre and Foucault.