Main entry:

Hanhardt, Christina B., author.

Title & Author:

Safe space : gay neighborhood history and the politics of violence / Christina B. Hanhardt.

Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
©2013

Description:

xii, 358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Series:

Perverse modernities

Notes:
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
TXA
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-334) and index.
"The white ghetto" : sexual deviancy, police accountability, and the 1960s war on poverty -- Butterflies, whistles, and fists: safe streets patrols and militant gay liberalism in the 1970s -- "Count the contradictions" : Challenges to gay gentrification at the start of the Reagan era -- Visibility and victimization: hate crime laws and the geography of punishment, 1980s and 1990s -- "Canaries of the creative age" : Queer critiques of risk and real estate in the twenty-first century.
Lora Romero First Book Award, 2014

Summary:

"Since the 1970s, a key goal of lesbian and gay activists has been protection against street violence, especially in gay neighborhoods. During the same time, policymakers and private developers declared the containment of urban violence to be a top priority. In this important book, Christina B. Hanhardt examines how LGBT calls for "safe space" have been shaped by broader public safety initiatives that have sought solutions in policing and privatization and have had devastating effects along race and class lines. Drawing on extensive archival and ethnographic research in New York City and San Francisco, Hanhardt traces the entwined histories of LGBT activism, urban development, and U.S. policy in relation to poverty and crime over the past fifty years. She highlights the formation of a mainstream LGBT movement, as well as the very different trajectories followed by radical LGBT and queer grassroots organizations. Placing LGBT activism in the context of shifting liberal and neoliberal policies, Safe Space is a groundbreaking exploration of the contradictory legacies of the LGBT struggle for safety in the city." -- Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9780822354574 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0822354578 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822354703 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0822354705 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Gay liberation movement New York (State) New York.
Gay liberation movement California San Francisco.
Gentrification New York (State) New York.
Gentrification California San Francisco.
Community policing New York (State) New York.
Community policing California San Francisco.
Mouvement de libération des personnes homosexuelles New York (État) New York.
Mouvement de libération des personnes homosexuelles Californie San Francisco.
Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) New York (État) New York.
Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) Californie San Francisco.
Police communautaire New York (État) New York.
Police communautaire Californie San Francisco.
Community policing
Gay liberation movement
Gentrification
Gay liberation
LGBTQ+ activism
LGBTQ+ people
Gentrifiering.
Homosexuella.
Rättigheter.
Våld.
Våldsbrott.
Gatuvåld prevention.
Politiska aktivister.
Brott mot homosexuella.
Sociala rörelser.
Närpolis.
Städer säkerhetsaspekter.
California San Francisco
New York (State) New York
Förenta staterna New York (stat) New York (stad)
Förenta staterna Kalifornien San Fransisco

Added entries:

Perverse modernities.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306053
Call No.: BIB 251787
Status: Available