A Queer New York : : Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers / / Jen Jack Gieseking.

The first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York CityOver the past few decades, rapid gentrification in New York City has led to the disappearance of many lesbian and queer spaces, displacing some of the most marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community. In A Queer New York, Jen Jack Gie...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 45 b/w illustrations
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Figures --
Preface --
1. Navigating A Queer New York --
2. Belonging in Greenwich Village and Gay Manhattan --
3. You vs. Us in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights --
4. Dyke Slope --
5. Constellating a Queer Map of the Lesbian City --
Epilogue: What We Cannot Not Want --
Acknowledgments --
Appendix I. Identity Terms --
Appendix II. Biographical Sketches of Participants --
Appendix III. Methodological Details --
Notes --
Index --
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Summary:The first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York CityOver the past few decades, rapid gentrification in New York City has led to the disappearance of many lesbian and queer spaces, displacing some of the most marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community. In A Queer New York, Jen Jack Gieseking highlights the historic significance of these spaces, mapping the political, economic, and geographic dispossession of an important, thriving community that once called certain New York neighborhoods home.Focusing on well-known neighborhoods like Greenwich Village, Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Crown Heights, Gieseking shows how lesbian and queer neighborhoods have folded under the capitalist influence of white, wealthy gentrifiers who have ultimately failed to make room for them. Nevertheless, they highlight the ways lesbian and queer communities have succeeded in carving out spaces—and lives—in a city that has consistently pushed its most vulnerable citizens away.Beautifully written, A Queer New York is an eye-opening account of how lesbians and queers have survived in the face of twenty-first century gentrification and urban development.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781479891672
9783110704716
9783110704518
9783110704723
9783110704549
9783110722703
DOI:10.18574/nyu/9781479891672.001.0001
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Jen Jack Gieseking.