Sexual Geographies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louisa Allen (0000-0003-2995-4417, University of Auckland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss334.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4231459411 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
For sociologists, sexuality is understood as socially constructed through social structures such as gender, class, and ethnicity. More recently, space has been recognized as another factor, implicated in the constitution of sexualities. This realization has been heightened by the “spatial turn” in the social sciences which has acknowledged a previous marginalization of space in the production of knowledge. Exploration of sexual geographies has developed out of this “turn” and has been spearheaded by the earlier, and continuing, work of geographers of sexualities. The concept of sexual geographies marks the intersection of sexualities and space and way both are mutually constitutive. That is, space shapes sexualities and sexual identities reconfigure different spaces. Studies of sexual geographies span diverse fields, including geography, sociology, health, and education. The range of these fields continues to expand with the use of digital technologies to manage sexual encounters and the reconceptualization of spatial contours this entails
Cartography · Class (philosophy · Constitution · Epistemology · Geography · Human sexuality · Intersection (aeronautics · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Highly cited | No |
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