There Goes the Gayborhood? (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780691158792)

Gay neighborhoods, like the legendary Castro District in San Francisco and New York's Greenwich Village, have long provided sexual minorities with safe havens in an often unsafe world. But as our society increasingly accepts gays and lesbians into the mainstream, are "gayborhoods" destined to disappear? Amin Ghaziani provides an incisive look at the origins of these unique cultural enclaves, the reasons why they are changing today, and their prospects for the future.Drawing on a wealth of evidence--including census data, opinion polls, hundreds of newspaper reports from across the United States, and more than one hundred original interviews with residents in Chicago, one of the most paradigmatic cities in America--There Goes the Gayborhood? argues that political gains and societal acceptance are allowing gays and lesbians to imagine expansive possibilities for a life beyond the gayborhood. The dawn of a new post-gay era is altering the character and composition of existing enclaves across the country, but the spirit of integration can coexist alongside the celebration of differences in subtle and sometimes surprising ways.Exploring the intimate relationship between sexuality and the city, this cutting-edge book reveals how gayborhoods, like the cities that surround them, are organic and continually evolving places. Gayborhoods have nurtured sexual minorities throughout the twentieth century and, despite the unstoppable forces of flux, will remain resonant and revelatory features of urban life.

Author: Amin Ghaziani
ISBN-10: 0691158797
ISBN-13: 9780691158792
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2014
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/28/2014
Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 124
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2014
Chronicle of Higher Education 09/12/2014 pg. 18
Choice 01/01/2015 pg. 899