{"product_id":"pleasure-zones-david-bell-9780815628989","title":"Pleasure Zones: Bodies, Cities, Spaces","description":"How does a subculture appropriate space within the dominant culture? What is the city's relationship to the body? Geographers from England and New Zealand apply queer theory in their consideration of the human body as a vehicle for understanding relationships between people and place. These provocative essays examine the body as an entity constricted by gender, sexuality, race, class, nationality, and disability. They also look at sexual identity as it relates to communities, and how humans \"do\" gender through regulated practices such as heterosexuality. \u003ci\u003ePleasure Zones\u003c\/i\u003e tackles topics such as the politics of gay men's health; the relationship of sex and death to the city; erotic urban landscapes, and how public policy labels lesbians. Each essay attempts to reconcile queer theory and social and cultural theory with the discipline of geography. The result is an illuminating and accessible look at the formation of personal and collective identities. Building on two decades of geography that recognizes the body as a politicized site of struggle, and applying the perspective of the sexual dissident, \u003ci\u003ePleasure Zones\u003c\/i\u003e brings a fascinating variety of human experiences into sharp relief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Bell, Jon Binnie, Ruth Holliday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815628986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815628989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 6.04w x 0.40d","brand":"David Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947326144767,"sku":"9780815628989","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e697f870-0451-4832-bd5e-51777ad36e6d.jpg?v=1681518057","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pleasure-zones-david-bell-9780815628989","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}