Sexing the Self

Geographies of engagement and encounter

Bibliographic Data

ID3977552
AuthorsP Hubbard (0000-0001-7504-5471, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume3
Issue4
Pages365-381
Publication date2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1464936021000032478
OpenAlexW1982345154
LanguageEN
Citations received39
References cited29

Geographic research on the construction of sexual identity takes inspiration from two main sources. The first is the post-structural literature that suggests sexual subjects are sutured to identities created in the realms of discourse. The second is a psychoanalytical tradition concerned with the desires and disgusts experienced by sexual subjects as they seek to reconcile their inner selves with the outside world. In this paper an attempt is made to combine these contrasting perspectives by exploring the way sexualities are negotiated by individuals as they encounter a world that is both real and imagined. The utility of this approach is illustrated with reference to the author's research on sex work, which demonstrates that the making of sexual identities involves a dynamic relation between Self and Other--a relation that is subsequently encoded in representations of space. The paper concludes that the making of sexual identities can only be understood by examining the ways that representation and experience entwine in specific places to create sexual identities that are fractured, contested and always becoming

Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Representation (politics · Self representation · Sexual identity · Sociology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Philosophy · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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