Sexuality and space

For sexual activity in outer space, see Sex in space.

Sexuality and space is a field of study within human geography. The phrase encompasses all relationships and interactions between human sexuality, space and place, themes studied within cultural geography, i.e., environmental and architectural psychology, urban sociology, gender studies, queer studies, socio-legal studies, planning, housing studies and criminology.

Specific topics which fall into this area are the geographies of LGBT residence, public sex environments, sites of queer resistance, global sexualities, sex tourism,[1] the geographies of prostitution and adult entertainment, use of sexualised locations in the arts,[2][3] and sexual citizenship.[4] The field is now well represented within academic curricula at the university level, and is beginning to make its influence felt on secondary level education (in both the US and the UK).[5][6]

  1. ^ Constructing tourism landscapes – gender, sexuality and space by Pritchard A. & Morgan N. J. Tourism Geographies, Volume 2, Number 2, 1 May 2000, pp. 115-139(25)
  2. ^ "Syllabus Poetics: Sexuality and Space in 17th - 19th Century American Literature, University at Buffalo". Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  3. ^ Space and Modern (Homo)sexuality in Tsai Ming Liang's Films by Lyn Van Swol
  4. ^ Sexuality and Space, Course Syllabus Towson University Archived 2008-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Knopp, Lawrence (Fall 2005). "Syllabus GEOG 4349 - Gender, Space, and Culture".
  6. ^ Sexuality, Space, and City life, a lecture by Michael N. Solem, The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Archived 2005-11-26 at the Wayback Machine