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Monthly Archives: December 2012
GAY/QUEER (PSYCHO)GEOGRAPHY. BY STEVEN BENSON
Me, at Laurieston Hall, Gay Mens Week, 2006, re-claiming gay space and time 1.GAY/QUEER GEOGRAPHY: LITERAL MEANING Well, obviously, those PHYSICAL/ARCHITECTURAL spaces gay/queer culture/”culture” has carved out for itself amidst a hetero-hegemonic city/town scape: the gay scene, pubs/clubs clustered together, eg Canal … Continue reading
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Tagged gay psychogeography, gay space, queer geography, queer psychogeography, Utopia
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THE HEGEMONY IN ACTION, AND FORSTER’S “MAURICE”.THE PRESENTATION THAT NEVER WAS. BY STEVEN BENSON
The following is a presentation I was intending to give as part of a course at my local (official) university, in response to the whole class having studied Alain-Fournier:”Le Grand Meaulnes”. The theme was novels which had an important effect on … Continue reading
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Tagged academic hegemony, Forster, homophobia, Maurice, reader response, Utopia
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STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS LINKS:RANDOM(OR ARE THEY?). BY STEVEN BENSON
“..and the sounds repeated: the forsaken city, your lost love, endless night, summer, fever…Seurel, my friend,I am in great distress”(Alain-Fournier, “Le Grand Meaulnes”) psychogeography internal landcape the lost path the lost domain Mum Lewis’s …. Rebirth?
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“THE PERFECT CAFE”: A POEM OF PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY. BY STEVEN BENSON
Drift (Derive)- Ok it WAS Planned-Into…a Haven of Comfort Solace Belonging and… Espresso! (Blended perfectly). …. Writing… Reading… “Christmas Decorations Keep Falling on my Head” (It doesnt quite Scan)…. Different types of Seating: Espresso Bar, Pew-like Bench, Tables and Arty … Continue reading
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