Queer Presences and Absences

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-33757-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

Reihe: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences

This book explores changes and continuations in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lives, identities and spatial practices in the 21st century from around the globe, using a range of methods to connect pasts, places and policies with contemporary times, linking individual and social presences (and absences) affectively and materially.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Yvette

Addison, Michelle

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Against the Dignity of Man: Sexology Constructing Deviance during 'Normalization' in Czechoslovakia; Katerina Lišková 2. Community at the Backstage: Gays and Lesbians in the Czech Republic; Katerina Nedbálková 3. Lesbian Lives and Real Existing Socialism in Late Soviet Russia; Francesca Stella 4. Identities and Citizenship under Construction: Historicising the 'T' in LGBT Anti-violence Politics in Brazil; Jan Simon Hutta and Carsten Balzer 5. Liminal Subjects, Marginal Spaces and Material Legacies: Older Gay Men, Home and Belonging(s); Andrew Gorman-Murray 6. The Meaning of Home for Transgendered People; Youngsook Choi 7. Belonging: Lesbians and Gay Men's Claims to Material Spaces; Mark Casey 8. 'That's not really my scene': Working-class Lesbians in (and out of) Place; Yvette Taylor 9. Queering the Meaning of 'Neighbourhood': Reinterpreting the Lesbian-Queer Experience of Park Slope, Brooklyn, 1983-2008; Jen Jack Gieseking 10. Present Absences: Hidden Geographies of Lesbian Parenting; Karina Luzia 11. 'Queer' and 'Teacher' as Symbiosis? Exploring Absence and Presence in Discursive Space'; Max Biddulph 12. Organisation Studies: Not Nearly 'queer enough'; Nick Rumens 13. Queerying the Public Administration in Italy: Local Challenges to a National Standstill; Chiara Bertone and Beatrice Gusmono

Über Autor(innen)

Carsten Balzer, Free University Berlin, Germany Chiara Bertone, University of East Piedmont, Italy Max Biddulph, University of Nottingham, UK Mark Casey, Newcastle University, UK Youngsook Choi, independent researcher Jen Jack Gieseking, City University of New York, USA Andrew Gorman-Murray, University of Western Sydney, Australia Beatrice Gusmano, University of Trento, Italy Jan Simon Hutta, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Kate?ina Li ková, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Karina Luzia, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia Nick Rumens, University of Bristol, UK