Public privates feminist geographies of mediated spaces

214 Pages·2018·3.198 MB·English

by  Marcia R. England

public privates

Public
Privates
Feminist Geographies of
Mediated Spaces
Marcia R. England
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London
© 2018 by the Board of Regents of
the University of Nebraska
Portions of chapter 7 were originally published
as “Suicide Girls: Bodies, Beauty, and
Cyberspace,” in Aether: The Journal of Media
Geography 8:137– 53. Used with permission.
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: England, Marcia R., author.
Title: Public privates: feminist geographies of
mediated spaces / Marcia R. England.
Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,
2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: lccn 2017036455 (print)
lccn 2018002650 (ebook)
isbn 9781496207333 (epub)
isbn 9781496207340 (mobi)
isbn 9781496207357 (pdf)
isbn 9781496205803 (hardback)
isbn 9781496206725 (paperback)
Subjects: lcsh: Feminist geography. | Mass media—
Social aspects. | Gender identity. | bisac: social
science / Human Geography. | social science /
Media Studies. | social science / Gender Studies.
Classification: lcc hq1233 (ebook) | lcc
hq1233 .e545 2018 (print) | ddc 305.3— dc23
lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017036455
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This book is dedicated to the community of friends,
family, and mentors who have supported me over the
years and put up with my “laid forward” personality.

Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1. Welcome to the Hellmouth:
Paradoxical Spaces in Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1
2. Home Is Where the Heart Is:
Fast and Furious Geographies 35
3. Scared to Death: Spaces of J- Horror 63
4. Visions of Gender: Codings of Televisual Space 81
5. Navigating Degrassi Community School:
Socio- Spatial Identities in Degrassi 107
6. Big Brother Is Watching You:
Why You Should Be Watching Reality tv 129
7. Kinky Geographies: Sexuality in Mediated Spaces 143
8. Public Privates Exposed: Media, Gender, and Space 157
Appendix: Filmography 163
Notes 165
Bibliography 173
Index 185
Acknowledgments
I would like to acknowledge the geography departments at the University
of Washington, University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina,
and Miami University for use of their facilities and access to their faculty
over the years— specifically the faculty at the University of Washington
and University of Kentucky who mentored and advised me during my
undergraduate and graduate years and my colleagues at the University of
South Carolina and Miami University. Thank you to the anonymous and
known reviewers who have given their time to improve my work.
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