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Closet Space

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Geographies of Metaphor from the Body to the Globe

Closet Space

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Geographies of Metaphor from the Body to the Globe
ByMichael P. Brown
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2000
eBook Published 10 August 2000
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203991985
Pages 192
eBook ISBN 9780203991985
Subjects Area Studies, Geography
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Brown, M.P. (2000). Closet Space: Geographies of Metaphor from the Body to the Globe (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203991985

ABSTRACT

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|26 pages

EPISTEMOLOGIES AND GEOGRAPHIES OF THE CLOSET

chapter 2|27 pages

The bodies in the closet: performativity, space and personal narratives

chapter 3|34 pages

Producing the closet in urban space: spatiality, sexuality and capitalism

chapter 4|28 pages

National closets: governmentality, sexuality and the census

chapter 5|25 pages

Worlding the closet: desire, travel and writing

chapter 6|9 pages

Conclusion: where is the closet?

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