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    Cham :Springer International Publishing AG,
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    almahu_9949301292702882
    Format: 1 online resource (434 pages)
    ISBN: 9783030660734
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Ser.
    Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- References -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Part IIntroduction -- 1 Who Are the People in Your Gayborhood? Understanding Population Change and Cultural Shifts in LGBTQ+ Neighborhoods -- 1.1 Introduction: Beneath the Crowded LGBTQ+ Umbrella -- 1.2 Nomenclature: Everyone Belongs -- 1.3 The Other: Refuge and Refusal to Change -- 1.4 Marginal to Memorable: The Evolution of Gay Neighborhoods -- 1.4.1 The First Great Plateau -- 1.5 Empirical Plan for This Book -- 1.5.1 A Note Regarding Limitations -- 1.6 Takeaway Messages -- 1.7 Conclusion: Resurgence and Renaissance -- References -- Part IIContext and Composition -- 2 Breaking Down Segregation: Shifting Geographies of Male Same-Sex Households Within Desegregating Cities -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Data and Methods -- 2.2.1 Decennial Census Data -- 2.2.2 Segregation Scores -- 2.2.3 Gay Neighborhoods -- 2.2.4 Other Neighborhood Characteristics -- 2.2.5 Analysis -- 2.3 Results -- 2.3.1 Trends in Segregation and Neighborhood Change -- 2.3.2 Characteristics of Neighborhoods Within Desegregating Cities -- 2.3.3 Increasingly Segregated Cities -- 2.4 The Demographic Future of Gay Neighborhoods -- 2.5 Future Research: Census 2020 and Beyond -- References -- 3 A Queer Reading of the United States Census -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Heteronormativity and Urban Development -- 3.3 The Census, Heteronormativity, and LGBTQ Populations -- 3.4 A Queer Reading of the Census -- 3.5 Testing the Variables in Four Neighborhoods -- 3.6 Non-family Household Results -- 3.7 Never Married by Sex Results -- 3.8 Divorced by Sex Results -- 3.9 Sex Ratio of Age 25-54 Cohort Results -- 3.10 Discussion -- 3.11 Comparison to Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Data -- 3.12 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Why Gayborhoods Matter: The Street Empirics of Urban Sexualities. , 4.1 Introduction: Gayborhood Studies -- 4.2 Why Do You Live in the Gayborhood? -- 4.3 Conclusions -- References -- Part IIIIdentity and Evolution -- 5 The Rainbow Connection: A Time-Series Study of Rainbow Flag Display Across Nine Toronto Neighborhoods -- 5.1 Rainbow Flag: Visibility, Implication, and Meaning -- 5.2 A Capsule History of the Rainbow Flag -- 5.3 The Rainbow Flag as Place Brand for Gay Neighborhoods -- 5.4 The Power of Graphics in the Built Environment -- 5.5 Concentration and Persistence of Rainbow Flags Define Boundaries of Gay Neighborhoods -- 5.6 Empirical Plan for the Visual Assessment of Rainbow Flag Display -- 5.7 Observations and Findings -- 5.8 Diaspora as Practical Identity -- 5.9 Rainbow Proliferation: Synthesis and Conclusions -- 5.10 Takeaway Messages -- Sources -- 6 Wearing Pink in Fairy Town: The Heterosexualization of the Spanish Town Neighborhood and Carnival Parade in Baton Rouge -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Consuming Gay Culture -- 6.3 Baton Rouge Mardi Gras and the Spanish Town Parade -- 6.4 Methods -- 6.5 The Bohemian 1980s in Spanish Town -- 6.6 Spanish Town Parades as Part of Gay Cultural History in Baton Rouge -- 6.7 Homophobia and Queer Culture in the Contemporary Parade -- References -- 7 A Tale of Three Villages: Contested Discourses of Place-Making in Central Philadelphia -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 The Space in Question -- 7.2.1 Gayborhood -- 7.2.2 Washington Square West -- 7.2.3 Midtown Village -- 7.3 Discursive Moments -- 7.3.1 Snapshots from the Gayborhood -- 7.3.2 The Skeleton of Washington West -- 7.3.3 Welcome to Midtown Village -- 7.4 Further Directions -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Are "Gay" and "Queer-Friendly" Neighborhoods Healthy? Assessing How Areas with High Densities of Same-Sex Couples Impact the Mental Health of Sexual Minority and Majority Young Adults -- 8.1 Introduction. , 8.2 Background -- 8.3 Method -- 8.4 Results -- 8.5 Discussion -- 8.6 Limitations and Conclusion -- References -- Part IVCo-Relation and Dialectic -- 9 Let's (not) Go Outside: Grindr, Hybrid Space, and Digital Queer Neighborhoods -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Situating Sexualities, Cities, and Technologies -- 9.3 Location-Based Dating Apps and Their Hybrid Queer Spaces -- 9.4 The Ambiguous Impact of Location-Based Media on Existing Gayborhoods -- 9.5 Conclusion: Space for Co-Existence? -- References -- 10 A Gay Neighborhood or Merely a Temporary Cluster of "Strange" Bars? Gay Bar Culture in Antwerp -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Emergence of a Gay Bar Culture in Antwerp -- 10.3 The Paradigmatic Case History of Café Strange in the Central Station Area -- 10.4 The Decline of Gay Bar Life in Antwerp -- References -- 11 Recovering the Gay Village: A Comparative Historical Geography of Urban Change and Planning in Toronto and Sydney -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Historical Geographies of Gay Villages: Segregation and Integration -- 11.3 Historical Geographies of Sexuality in Toronto -- 11.3.1 A Nascent Gay Village: Toronto in the 1970s -- 11.3.2 Neoliberalism and Toronto's Gay Village -- 11.3.3 Toronto's Village Today -- 11.4 Historical Geographies of Sexuality in Sydney -- 11.4.1 Consolidation of a Gay Neighborhood: Sydney in the 1970s to the 1990s -- 11.4.2 An End to Village Life in Sydney? -- 11.5 Thoughts on Historical Legacies and the Future of the Gay Village -- 11.6 Concluding Remarks: Wider Implications for Urban Planning and Policy -- References -- 12 After the Life of LGBTQ Spaces: Learning from Atlanta and Istanbul -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces -- 12.3 Midtown, Atlanta -- 12.3.1 Centripetal Forces in the Atlanta Case -- 12.3.2 Centrifugal Forces in the Atlanta Case -- 12.4 Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey. , 12.4.1 Centripetal Forces in the Istanbul Case -- 12.4.2 Centrifugal Forces in the Istanbul Case -- 12.5 Discussion -- References -- Part VSignifiying Meaning and Memory Across Generations -- 13 Far Beyond the Gay Village: LGBTQ Urbanism and Generation in Montréal's Mile End -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Methodology -- 13.3 Generation Queer -- 13.4 Divergent LGBTQ Urbanisms -- 13.4.1 The Gay Village -- 13.4.2 Queer Mile End -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References -- 14 Understanding Generation Gaps in LGBTQ+ Communities: Perspectives About Gay Neighborhoods Among Heteronormative and Homonormative Generational Cohorts -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 A Brief Overview of Generational Cohorts -- 14.3 The Contemporary Heteronormative Saeculum and Events that Shaped the World -- 14.4 Exploring LGBTQ+ Generations: Through the Eyes of Warhol, Vidal, Capote & -- Hudson -- 14.5 The Homonormative Saeculum and the Events that Shaped a Century of LGBTQ+ Culture -- 14.6 The Intersection of LGBTQ+ Generational Cohorts and Gay Neighborhoods -- 14.7 Future Possibilities for Gay Neighborhoods -- 14.8 Synthesis and Conclusion: Connections for LGBTQ+ People Across Generational Cohorts -- 14.9 Takeaway Messages -- References -- 15 Commemorating Historically Significant Gay Places Across the United State -- 15.1 Generations of Gay History -- 15.1.1 Violence and Commemoration -- 15.2 Significant LGBTQ+ Sites -- 15.2.1 LGBTQ+ Heritage Initiative -- 15.2.2 Protecting American LGBTQ+ Heritage -- 15.2.3 Aim of Landmarks Dedication -- 15.2.4 Initial Results of the LGBTQ Heritage Initiative -- 15.3 Current Status of the Preservation of LGBTQ+ Sites -- 15.3.1 Constancy of Application -- 15.4 The Future of Preserving the Past -- 15.5 Takeaway Messages -- References -- 16 Plateaus and Afterglows: Theorizing the Afterlives of Gayborhoods as Post-Places -- 16.1 Introduction. , 16.2 The Phenomenology of Place -- 16.3 Post-Phenomenological Perspectives -- 16.4 Plateaus and Afterglows -- 16.5 Post-Placing Gayborhoods -- 16.6 Conclusion: Beyond the Gayborhood in Space, Time, and Scholarship? -- References -- Part VI Epilogue -- 17 After/Lives: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Gay Neighborhoods -- 17.1 Introduction: Once More, Without Human Contact? -- 17.2 Do Places Matter? Empirical Trends for the Future of LGBTQ+ Spaces -- 17.3 Concluding Remarks: Beyond the Master Metaphor of the Gayborhood? -- References -- Index.
    Additional Edition: Print version: Bitterman, Alex The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2021 ISBN 9783030660727
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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