In October 2011, Prof Phil Hubbard’s new book Cities and Sexualities will be published by Taylor and Francis. Detailing the relationships between sexed bodies, sexual subjectivities and forms of intimacy, Cities and Sexualities explores the role of the city in shaping our sexual lives. At the same time, it describes how the actions of urban governors, city planners, the police and judiciary combine to produce cities in which some sexual proclivities and tastes are normalised and others excluded. In so doing, it maps out the diverse sexual landscapes of the city – from spaces of courtship, coupling and cohabitation through to sites of adult entertainment, prostitution, and pornography. Considering both the normative geographies of heterosexuality and monogamy, as well as urban geographies of radical/queer sex, this book provides a unique
perspective on the relationship between sex and the city.
The book is to be the subject of an ‘Author meets Critics’ session at the Association of American Geographers’ Annual Conference in New York, Feb 2012.