The Rise and Fall of an Urban Sexual Community

The Rise and Fall of an Urban Sexual Community
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 9781137579614
ISBN-13 : 1137579617
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Book Synopsis The Rise and Fall of an Urban Sexual Community by : Dana Collins

Download or read book The Rise and Fall of an Urban Sexual Community written by Dana Collins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how gay place-making challenged the juggernaut of neoliberal urbanization in the Malate district of Manila. In this ethnography, Collins explores the creation of place, characterized by neighborhood renewal, gay community and entrepreneurialism, and informal gay sexual labor. Malate teaches us that the power of sexual community to sustain a transgressive, inclusive, gay neighborhood is circumscribed and fleeting, and that urban livability, justice, and freedom must be pursued through organized grassroots political projects if the magic of Malate is to be revived for all its residents.


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