Seedy bars and grotty pints

Close Encounters in Queer Leisure Spaces

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ID3977589
AuthorsY Taylor (0000-0002-9260-5597), Emily Falconer (London South Bank University)
Year2015
Volume16
Issue1
Pages43-57
Publication date2015-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2014.939708
OpenAlexW1982074021
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited43

This paper is based on the British Academy project 'Not all bright lights and big city?' (2008–2010), which explores the diverse and divided lives of lesbians and gay men in the north-east of England. Here, we focus on the 'close encounters' between material culture and place, within queer leisure spaces (Binnie, 2014; Binnie & Skeggs, 2004; Brown, 2013; Lim, 2007, 2010; Lim & Fanghanel, 2013; Nash & Gorman-Murray, 2014). We build on existing geographical intersections of class, gender and sexuality (Browne & Bakshi, 2014; Savci, 2013; Taylor, 2007a, 2007b; Tyler, 2013) and incorporate embodied and affectual analysis of 'things' (food, drink, décor) as well as sensual and affective articulations of 'atmosphere' (light, dark, dirty, 'seedy') (Anderson, 2012; Bennett, 2013; Brown, 2008). Considering the potential 'zero sum' game of territoriality and identity (Brown, 2013) – as mapped onto scene space – we highlight material cultures and sensual atmospheres that both seduce and disgust bodies, affectively pulling people into and out of place, mattering the 'changing structurations' of sexualities and space

Aesthetics · Art · Embodied cognition · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Queer · Sociology · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Spatial and Cultural Studies

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