A Queer New York
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A Queer New York

Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers

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eBook - ePub

A Queer New York

Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers

About this book

Winner, 2021 Glenda Laws Award given by the American Association of Geographers The first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York City Over 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.

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Information

Publisher
NYU Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781479835737
eBook ISBN
9781479803002

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraphs
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. Preface
  10. 1. Navigating A Queer New York
  11. 2. Belonging in Greenwich Village and Gay Manhattan
  12. 3. You vs. Us in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights
  13. 4. Dyke Slope
  14. 5. Constellating a Queer Map of the Lesbian City
  15. Epilogue: What We Cannot Not Want
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. Appendix I. Identity Terms
  18. Appendix II. Biographical Sketches of Participants
  19. Appendix III. Methodological Details
  20. Notes
  21. Index
  22. About the Author