Greene Not in My Gayborhood

Gay Neighborhoods and the Rise of the Vicarious Citizen
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-231-54860-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Exploring “gayborhoods” in Washington, DC, Theodore Greene investigates how neighborhoods retain their cultural identities even as their inhabitants change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Greene, Theodore

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Making Dupont Gay Again
1. “Still a Very Gay City”: A Historical Impression of Washington’s LGBTQ Communities
2. J’ai Deux Amours: The Promiscuity of Community Attachments in the Postmodern City
3. Places in Abeyance: Placemaking and the Construction of Community in Institutional Anchors
4. Heteros, Beware! Monitoring and Preserving Queer Culture Through Normative Vicarious Claims
5. “Presente! Presente!”: Place Ruptures and the Enactment of Radical Vicarious Claims
6. Political Vicarious Claims and the Art of Self-Enfranchisement
Conclusion: Place Reactivation and Vicarious Citizenship Beyond the Gayborhood
Appendix A: Map of Washington, D.C., “Gayborhoods” Referenced
Appendix B: Washington, D.C., LGBTQ Places Referenced
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Theodore Greene is associate professor of sociology at Bowdoin College.