{"product_id":"sexuality-rurality-and-geography-9780739169360","title":"Sexuality Rurality and Geography","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis international edited collection contributes to knowledge about the geographies of sexualities experienced and imagined in rural spaces.  The book draws attention to the heterogeneity of rural contexts and the diversity of meanings about sexualities within and across these spaces. The collection examines four key themes. First, Intimacies and Institutions' focuses on how intimate relationships are governed by societal, discursive and institutional structures, and regulated by social, political and legal frames of citizenship and belonging.  The chapters present historical and contemporary case studies of the constitution and management of intimate sexual lives and relationships in rural and non-metropolitan spaces. Second, Communities' explores how sexual identities are socially-constructed and relationally-performed in rural communities, scrutinizing the complex interplay of belonging and alienation, inclusion and exclusion, for sexual subjects and communities within rural spaces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSexuality, Rurality, and Geography is . . . a timely and provocative collection of essays on space and sexuality in dynamic, transnational context . . . . [T]he volume provides an excellent overview of the state of the field for anyone interested in understanding the geographies of sexualities through the lens of the rural. In particular, the volume works very well as a textbook for undergraduate teaching due to its accessible language, exhaustive references and topical diversity. The volume is also warmly recommended to anyone interested in geographies of sexualities. * Lambda Nordica *\u003cbr\u003eThis timely book brings to center stage an array of complex issues around sexuality as it is experienced, represented, and experimented within rural locales. From the deep south of the United States, to the valleys of mid-Wales, to the heat of the Australian tropics, and the ice of Nordic countries comes a wealth of thoughts and reflections on a wide panoply of intimate relationships. This will be a must-read for all those interested in geographies of desire and how they are complicated and lived by rural inhabitants. It will be a definitive statement of the wonderful queerness of the rural. -- Elspeth Probyn\u003cbr\u003eThis is an original and very timely text that provides wonderfully rich and varied detail on the experience of rural sexuality. Drawing on a range of diverse studies from across different countries, this book demonstrates not only how the rural provides a fascinating backdrop against which sexuality is constructed but also how the countryside, in all its forms, becomes an active part of the performance of masculinity and femininity. As well as being rich in empirical detail this book is theoretically informed and will contribute significantly to our understanding of the articulation of rural practices and subjectivities. An excellent addition to rural geographies! -- Jo Little, University of Exeter\u003cbr\u003eDiverse registers of rurality and sexuality are uniquely placed in this innovative, international collection. ‘Global Cowboys’ entice as mobile masculinities ‘coming out’, while ‘respectable country girls’ suggest mis-fitting femininities. Intimate rural interfaces are richly complicated, embedded in cultural economies and (non)human landscapes of production and consumption,  and extended to heterosexual as well as queer lives. Exciting, timely and much needed. -- Yvette Taylor, professor of social and policy research, London South Bank University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Geographies of Ruralities and Sexualities: An Introduction Andrew Gorman-Murray, Barbara Pini and Lia Bryant Section 1: Intimacies and Institutions Chapter 2: Respectable Country Girls Richard Phillips  Chapter 3: Rural Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Equalities: English Legislative Equalities in an Era of Austerity Kath Browne and Nick McGlynn Chapter 4: Heterosexual Marriage, Intimacy and Farming Lia Bryant Section 2: Communities Chapter 5: Rural Men in Nordic Television Programs Hanna-Mari Ikonen and Samu Pehkonen Chapter 6: Documenting Lesbian and Gay Lives in Rural Australia Andrew Gorman-Murray  Chapter 7: Queering the Hollow: Space, Place and Rural Queerness Mathias Detamore Chapter 8: Space, Place, and Identity in Conversation: Queer Black Women Living in the Rural US South LaToya E. Eaves Section 3: Mobilities Chapter 9: Conceptual and Spatial Migrations: Rural Gay Men’s Quest for Identity Alexis Annes and Meredith Redlin  Chapter 10: “It doesn’t even feel like it’s being processed by your head”: Lesbian Affective Home Journeys To and Within Townsville, Queensland, Australia Gordon Waitt and Lynda Johnston Chapter 11: Coming Out, Coming In: Geographies of Lesbian Existence in Contemporary Swedish Youth Novels Jenny Björklund Section 4: Production and Consumption Chapter 12: Screwing with Animals: Industrial Agriculture and the Management of Animal Sexuality Claire E. Rasmussen Chapter 13: Gender, Sexuality and Rurality in the Mining Industry Barbara Pini and Robyn Mayes Chapter 14: The Global Cowboy: Rural Masculinities and Sexualities Chris Gibson Chapter 15: Sexuality, Rurality, and Geography: A Conclusion Barbara Pini, Lia Bryant and Andrew Gorman-Murray","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037508403543,"sku":"9780739169360","price":91.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780739169360.jpg?v=1750936020","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sexuality-rurality-and-geography-9780739169360","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}