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Gay and Lesbian Studies
Gay urban enclaves
Gayborhood
gentrification
LGBT studies
queer theory
urban planning
urban sociology
urban studies
women's studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781793609854
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 154 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Gayborhood: From Sexual Liberation to Cosmopolitan Spectacle explores the lived experiences of LGBT+ persons in an era of heightened visibility. Gay urban enclaves, known colloquially as gayborhoods, illustrate the evolution of LGBT+ political capacity building. Since their emergence after World War II, gayborhoods have homogenized at the expense of women, transgender, and nonwhite persons due to neoliberal policies promoted by urban planners. Thus, their popularization and economic vitality correlate with a loss of collective identity and space for some inhabitants. While gayborhoods were once diverse and inclusive spaces that rejected normative institutions of marriage and assimilation into dominant society, the stakeholders of these areas have now unashamedly aligned themselves with conformity and profitability to legitimize their existence. The contributors within The Gayborhood invite readers to reflect on the future of LGBT+ politics and look beyond the commercialized rainbow spectacle of gayborhoods to the communities and aspirations within.
Christopher T. Conner is visiting professor of sociology at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Daniel Okamura is a doctoral candidate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
