Queer Sites in Global Contexts: Technologies, Spaces, and Otherness

Queer Sites in Global Contexts showcases a variety of cross-cultural perspectives that foreground the physical and online experiences of LGBTQ+ people living in the Caribbean, South and North America, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.

The individual chapters--a collection of research-based texts by scholars around the world--provide twelve compelling case studies: queer sites that include buildings, digital networks, natural landscapes, urban spaces, and non-normative bodies. By prioritizing divergent histories and practices of queer life in geographies that are often othered by dominant queer studies in the West--female sex workers, people of color, indigenous populations, Latinx communities, trans identities, migrants--the book constructs thoroughly situated, nuanced discussions on queerness through a variety of research methods.

The book presents tangible examples of empirical research and practice-based work in the fields of queer and gender studies; geography, architectural, and urban theory; and media and digital culture. Responding to the critical absence surrounding experiences of non-White queer folk in Western academia, Queer Sites in Global Contexts acts as a timely resource for scholars, activists, and thinkers interested in queer placemaking practices--both spatial and digital--of diverse cultures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367683326
• ISBN13: 9780367683320
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"