From nightlife conventions to daytime hidden agendas

Dynamics of urban sexual territories in the south of France

Bibliographic Data

ID10209553
AuthorsLaurent Gaissad (Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume42
Issue1
Pages20-27
Publication date2005-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Sex Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4499 • E-ISSN: 1559-8519
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00224490509552253
PMID15795801
OpenAlexW2012945455
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited15

This article focuses on the space-time dynamics of sexual encounters in city neighborhoods associated with sex work and cruising. The data were collected as part of a multisite, longitudinal ethnographic study conducted in major cities of southern France. The results suggest that there is a continuous interaction between these sexualized public spaces and urban planning. Urban planners, however, are not the only actors shaping the location and the use of the space. Participants create a dialectical movement from night normative worlds to occult practices interwoven with daytime activities. They also create subtle social rules governing actors and their practices

Daytime · Dialectic · Dynamics (music · Ethnography · Geography · Nightlife · Normative · Political science · Public space · Social dynamics · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies · Gender Studies · Night-time city culture · Sex work and related issues

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