Lesbian Geographies: Gender, Place and Power

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It has long been recognised that the spatialisation of sexual lives is always gendered. Sexism and male dominance are a pervasive reality and lesbian issues are rarely afforded the same prominence as gay issues. Thus, lesbian geographies continue to be a salient axis of difference, challenging the conflation of lesbians and gay men, as well as the trope that homonormativity affects lesbians and gay men in the same ways. This volume explores lesbian geographies in diverse geographical, social and cultural contexts and presents new approaches, using English as a working language but not as a cultural framework. Going beyond the dominant trace of Anglo-American perspectives of research in sexualities, this book presents research in a wide range of countries including Australia, Argentina, Israel, Canada, USA, Russia, Poland, Spain, Hungary and Mexico. Cover Contents List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 1 Introduction to Lesbian Geographies 2 Seduced Victims and Irresponsible Mothers: Family Reactions to Female Same-Sex Relationships in Hungary 3 Lesbians at Home: Gender and Housework in Lesbian Coupled Households 4 Contested Dyke Rights to the City: Montréal’s 2012 Dyke Marches in Time and Space 5 The Gendered Politics of Absence: Homonationalism and Gendered Power Relations in Tel Aviv’s Gay-Center 6 ‘It’s a way for me to feel safe in places that might not really be gay-friendly’: Music as Safe Lesbian Space 7 What Makes a Lesbian Salsa Space Comfortable? Reconceptualising Safety and Homophobia 8 Мы не рокеры, не панки, мы девчонки –лесбиянки/Not Rockers, Not Punks, We’re Lesbian Chicks: Staging Female Same Sex Desires in Russian Rock and Pop 9 The Queer Film Festival as aGender-Diverse Space: Positioning the ‘L’in GLBTIQ Screen Content 10 Location, Location: Lesbian Performativities That Matter, or Not 11 All the Lesbians are White, All the Villages are Gay, but Some of Us are Brave: Intersectionality, Belonging, and Black Queer Women’s Scene Space in Washington DC 12 Putting Lesbians Geographies on the Geographical Map – A Commentary 13 Lesbian Geographies – A Commentary Index