Sexuality, Rurality, and Geography is . . . a timely and provocative collection of essays on space and sexuality in dynamic, transnational context . . . . [T]he volume provides an excellent overview of the state of the field for anyone interested in understanding the geographies of sexualities through the lens of the rural. In particular, the volume works very well as a textbook for undergraduate teaching due to its accessible language, exhaustive references and topical diversity. The volume is also warmly recommended to anyone interested in geographies of sexualities.
Lambda Nordica
This timely book brings to center stage an array of complex issues around sexuality as it is experienced, represented, and experimented within rural locales. From the deep south of the United States, to the valleys of mid-Wales, to the heat of the Australian tropics, and the ice of Nordic countries comes a wealth of thoughts and reflections on a wide panoply of intimate relationships. This will be a must-read for all those interested in geographies of desire and how they are complicated and lived by rural inhabitants. It will be a definitive statement of the wonderful queerness of the rural.
- Elspeth Probyn,
This is an original and very timely text that provides wonderfully rich and varied detail on the experience of rural sexuality. Drawing on a range of diverse studies from across different countries, this book demonstrates not only how the rural provides a fascinating backdrop against which sexuality is constructed but also how the countryside, in all its forms, becomes an active part of the performance of masculinity and femininity. As well as being rich in empirical detail this book is theoretically informed and will contribute significantly to our understanding of the articulation of rural practices and subjectivities. An excellent addition to rural geographies!
- Jo Little, University of Exeter,
Diverse registers of rurality and sexuality are uniquely placed in this innovative, international collection. ‘Global Cowboys’ entice as mobile masculinities ‘coming out’, while ‘respectable country girls’ suggest mis-fitting femininities. Intimate rural interfaces are richly complicated, embedded in cultural economies and (non)human landscapes of production and consumption, and extended to heterosexual as well as queer lives. Exciting, timely and much needed.
- Yvette Taylor, professor of social and policy research, London South Bank University,