Another Country. Queer Anti-Urbanism

The metropolis has been near exclusive focus of queer scholars and queer cultures in America. Asking us to look beyond the cities in the coasts, Scott Herrig draws a new map, tracking how rural queers have responded to this myopic minset. Interweaving a wide range of disciplines, he develops an extendedcritique of how metronormativity saturates LGBTQ politics, artwork and criticism.To counter this ideal, he offers a vibrant theory of queer anti-urbanism that refuses to dismiss the rural as a cultural backwater.