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<p>Building upon and extending a historical narrative composed by Allan Bérubé in 1984, this
dissertation interrogates the relationship between physical space and sexual practice by engaging
in a historiography of gay bathhouses and by comparing representations of these spaces in the
past with contemporary narratives available online. An introduction and conclusion bracket three
central chapters, each of which presents findings from a major component of the larger project:
The first investigates Bérubé’s sources, methods and underlying political philosophies. The
second engages in a case-study of the Bulldog Baths (1979-1982), a popular but short-lived
establishment in San Francisco, CA. The third presents findings from a content analysis of
contemporary bathhouse websites. Throughout, attention is paid to the active role of physical
spaces in sexual encounters taking place in bathhouse settings, as well as to the spatial politics of
the urban settings in which these establishments have historically operated.
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| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/8047502 |
| Date | 14 May 2019 |
| Creators | Christopher D Munt (6639611) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/_A_Century_in_the_Baths_Allan_B_rub_Spatial_Politics_and_the_History_of_the_Bathhouse/8047502 |
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