Join Yishi at Queer History Club for a talk about the history of queer homes in queer books - then get crafty to make your own home even queerer with a fridge magnet or coaster that explores what queer domesticity means to you. Materials provided.
How queer is home? Is the domestic domain a space for nuclear families, convention and confinement, or is there room for queer resistance? And how has that changed over time? Historian and literary scholar Yishi Pan's research uncovers how 20th-century queer novels like Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt (aka Carol) and Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man reimagine the home as a queerer space than their contemporary society expected.
About the facilitator: Yishi Pan is a PhD candidate in English literature at the University of Leeds. Before moving to Leeds, she lived and earned her master’s degree in Edinburgh. Her research focuses on queer homes in U.S. fiction (1936-1964), exploring domestic spaces as sites that challenge compulsory heterosexuality and nuclear family norms.
Wednesday 5th February 7-9pm
at The Bookish Type, 77a Great George Street LS1 3BR
Tickets are on a sliding scale (£6 / £8)
Please be honest about your financial situation when selecting what to pay for your ticket.
£8 "I am comfortably able to meet all of my basic financial needs."
£6 "I may stress about meeting my basic financial needs but still regularly achieve them."
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Access Info
The shop has an 8cm step but we have a ramp we can put in place if required.
There is a downstairs bathroom with toilet and hand basin.
Workshop is seated round a long table with chairs that are armless with padded seats and backs.
Face masks are encouraged but not required; an H13 HEPA air purifier will be in use.
On street parking available (charges may apply).
Please email in advance if you have any specific access needs: thebookishtypeleeds@gmail.com
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