Gayborhood
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A32=Adriana Brodyn
A32=Aliraza Javaid
A32=Amin Ghaziani
A32=C.J. Janovy
A32=Christopher T. Conner
A32=Jeffrey Escoffier
A32=Jonathan Jimenez
A32=Theo Greene
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B01=Christopher T. Conner
B01=Daniel Okamura
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Gay and Lesbian Studies
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Gayborhood
gentrification
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LGBT studies
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queer theory
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Product details
- ISBN 9781793609830
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 163 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2021
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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.
