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Not going to the mainland: queer women’s narratives of place in Tasmania, Australia
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Grant, R, Not going to the mainland: queer women's narratives of place in Tasmania, Australia, Gender, Place and Culture pp. 1-21. ISSN 0966-369X (2020) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Gender, Place and Culture ISSN 0966-369X (2020) , available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0966369X.2020.178410
DOI: doi:10.1080/0966369X.2020.1784101
Abstract
Within Australian geographies of sexualities, most work centres the urban areas of Sydney, New South Wales, while less is known about queer life in regional and rural Australia. In contrast, this article explores how lesbian, bisexual and queer young women understand and experience identity and place in Tasmania. Using a queer futurities theoretical framework and a qualitative feminist methodology, in this article I examine how narratives of place shape queer Tasmanians’ understandings of identity, belonging, and home. Participant narratives of leaving, arriving, and returning to Tasmania reflect dominant rural youth migration patterns, while also providing new insights into how queer young people position Tasmanian space, identities and futures in broader Australian culture. This article draws on recent work in geographies of sexuality to show how Tasmania produces unique sexual identity cultures that influence queer young women’s sense of time and place.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Australia, gender, queer geography, queer futurity, rural, sexuality |
| Research Division: | Human Society |
| Research Group: | Gender studies |
| Research Field: | Gender relations |
| Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
| Objective Group: | Community services |
| Objective Field: | Gender and sexualities |
| UTAS Author: | Grant, R (Ms Ruby Grant) |
| ID Code: | 140930 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Deposited By: | Sociology and Criminology |
| Deposited On: | 2020-09-15 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-03-12 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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