ABSTRACT
In terms of style and subject-matter it confronts convention, tackles stigma, and looks full on at the taboo. The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sexuality, and Culture considers what bodies do, what they make, and what they find pleasure – and sometimes pain – in. The Companion has had a long gestation – it was conceived of at the very first biennial Talking Bodies conference in Chester in 2013; grew in fits and starts as author recruited contributors; and then 2020 happened. In structuring the Companion the author's aim was to provide discrete yet fundamentally interrelated sections which arose from questions about what bodies are and do. The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sexuality, and Culture is the product of collaboration and commitment.
