The gay tourism industry a progressive social force or a pull towards an oppressive status quo? This book investigates the emergence of a commercial gay tourism industry for male clients, the way it is organized, and how the tourism industry promotes cities, resorts, and nations as 'gay' destinations.

Foreword (Mike Crang) Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Mapping the Terrain of Gay Tourism Introduction Gay Tourism in the Age of Mobility Establishing Our Theoretical Framework Approaching the TopicBecoming Personal The Structure of the Book Chapter 2. Charting the Emergence of Gay Tourism Introduction Scripting and Circulating Ideas About Homosexual Destinations in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries The Emergence of City and Resort Destinations, 1920-1969 Out and About: Bringing Gay Tourism Out of the Closet, 1969 to Present Conclusion Chapter 3. Selling Gay Paradise: Spatial and Social Discourse of Gay Tourism Travelogues Travel, Texts, and Representations of Gay Paradise Clarification on Method Mapping Gay Destinations and Scripting Sexuality Paradise of Australia: Imagining Australia As Macho-opolis Paradise of the Russian Federation and Central Europe: Imagining Russia and Central Europe As Twink-opolis Paradise of Hawai’i: Imagining Hawai’i As a Place of True Romantic Homosexual Love Paradise of Gay Myknonos: Imagining Myknonos As Euro-Gay Cluboplois Gay Sexual Utopias and Cultures of Gay Travel Chapter 4. Touring the Heterosexual Nation Introducing Gay Tourism and National Closets: Nationalism, Citizenship, and Sexuality Nations and Nationalism: Performing an Imagined Heteronormative Community Marketing Nations As Gay-Friendly Tourism Destinations: Reestablishing or Challenging the Imagined Heterosexual Family Nation? Arabian State Encounters with Gay Tourism Caribbean Encounters with Gay Tourism Gay Tourism and Closeting of the Nation Chapter 5. Touring the Sexualized City Selling, Mapping, and Touring the City As Gay Villages Selling Gay-Friendly Cities Through Inventing Bounded Gay Villages Selling Sexualized City Spaces: Gay Villages As Spaces of Constructed Visibility Nongay Narratives of Resistance to Pitching, Bounding, and Mapping City Spaces As Gay Cities Through the Body: (Re)Sexualizing the Body Through Gay City Spaces Queer Narrative of Resistance to Bounding Gay City Space: Marking Out the Gay Unwanted Selling Gay to Nongay Tourists: The Straight Eye for Bent Attractions Implications of Nongay Tourists in the Gay Village Conclusion Chapter 6. Special Events and Festivals Celebration!Come On, Let’s Celebrate Sexuality and the CityRelax, When You Want to Come: Gay Place Making Through Event Tourism Where’s the Party?Spin Me Right Round, Round, Round Why Party?Make Me Feel Mighty Real: The Significance of Special Events for Gay Tourism and Gay Cultures Embodying Pride Through MarchingI Am What I Am Playing the FieldWhat’s the Name of the Game? A Gay Day OutJust a Perfect Day Dancing the CircuitGet Into the Groove ConclusionEverybody Needs Time to Celebrate Chapter 7. Conclusions Gay Tourism and the Constitution of Modern Gay Identities Evolutionary Narratives of Gay Tourism Internationalization of Gay Identities Intersections with Social Difference Gay Tourist Destinations Through the Body Return to Oz Bibliography Publications Videography Index Reference Notes Included