Queerly Cosmopolitan: Bohemia and Belonging in a Brazilian Middle-Of-Nowhere City

An ethnography of urban citizenship, global belonging, and queerness in a rapidly growing provincial city in the Global South, Queerly Cosmopolitan explores how people develop a sense of belonging in a city understood by many to be "unimportant" and "in the middle of nowhere." In his exploration of the city of Teresina and its inhabitants' attempts to establish a sense of belonging and self-worth, Timothy Eugene Murphy creatively employs queer theory to investigate a community of bohemians. As he follows the participants through different realms of life--nocturnal bohemia, work, family, and intimate friendships--Murphy demonstrates how widely circulating cultural forms, from music to sexuality, offer upwardly mobile communities ways to fashion cosmopolitan lives in even the most peripheral locations.

Author: Timothy Eugene Murphy
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: 10/20/2018
Pages: 157
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9783030002954
ISBN10: 3030002950
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- Social Science | Gender Studies

About the Author
Timothy Eugene Murphy is Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at Worcester State University, USA.