Working-Class Lesbian Life

Classed Outsiders
2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-00871-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Reihe: Women's Studies at York Series

This is an original study of women self-identified as working-class and lesbian, showing the significance of class and sexuality in their biographies, everyday lives and identities. It provides insight, a critique of queer theory and an empirical interrogation of the embodied, spatial and material intersection of class and sexuality.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Yvette

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Reviewing the Literature - An Introduction Class and How to Get It Close Encounters of the Classed Kind What Now? Negotiation and Navigation - Emotional Maps Scene Space - Inclusions and Exclusions The Ties That Bind Conclusion: Knocking-Off Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yvette Taylor is Professor in Social and Policy Studies and Head of the Weeks Centre, London South Bank University, UK. Her publications include Working-Class Lesbian Life: Classed Outsiders, Lesbian and Gay Parenting, Fitting Into Place? Class and Gender Geographies and Temporalities, Classed Intersections; T heorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality and Sexualities: Reflections and Futures.