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Millhouse, R. J.

 
9780814259405: Get Yo' Life: Black Queer Placemaking (Black Performance and Cultural Criticism)
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ISBN 10: 0814259405 ISBN 13: 9780814259405
Editorial: Ohio State University Press, 2025

Sinopsis

In Get Yo’ Life, R. J. Millhouse incorporates gender and sexuality studies, archival work, performance studies, and urban studies to craft a historical geography of Black queer public life and culture from the 1960s onward. He does so via case studies of two Brooklyn nightclubs, Langston’s and Happiness Lounge, as patrons fought to preserve their spaces and community in the face of gentrification. Introducing Black queer spatiality as an analytic method and a type of intersectionality-driven memory work, Millhouse teases out the nuanced functions of care-work, performance, and kinship labor, along with attendant sensational, atmospheric, and nostalgic factors, as they inform Black queer placemaking practices. These practices—such as resource fairs, vogue competitions, and the appropriation of public parks as communal places—often face opposition from the police or well-to-do, mostly white, neighbors. Yet, they remain vital sites of Black queer agency. By focusing on the structural powers that condition the lives and placemaking and placekeeping strategies of Black queer people in Brooklyn, Millhouse reveals the ways in which people make and preserve place amid state-sanctioned displacement.

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Acerca del autor

R. J. Millhouse (he/him) is Assistant Professor in the landscape architecture, urban design, and environmental design (LAUDED) and interior architecture programs in The Design School at Arizona State University. His research is at the intersection of urban and environmental design, geography, gender, and Black studies.

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Editorial
Ohio State University Press
Año de publicación
2025
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0814259405
ISBN 13 
9780814259405
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Número de páginas
156
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