De-Centering Sexualities: Politics and Representations Beyond the Metropolis

by Richard Phillips (editor), David Shuttleton (Editor), Diane Watt (Editor)

This book of critical rural geography breaks new ground by drawing attention to sex and sexualities outside the metropolis. It explores sexualities and sexual experiences in a variety of rural and marginal spaces with international contributions from a wide range of disciplines. These literary and cultural studies, lesbian and gay studies, geography, history and law. Among the topics uncovered
* a lesbian in rural England
* sexual life in rural Wales
* sexuality in rural South Africa
* scandal in the American sex, race and politics
* nature and homosexuality in literature
* Derry/Londonderry as a sexual space
* how 'country folk' are sexualised in popular culture.

312 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2000