The Rise and Fall of an Urban Sexual Community

Malate (Dis)placed

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Urban
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Author: Dana Collins ISBN: 9781137579614
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: June 30, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Dana Collins
ISBN: 9781137579614
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: June 30, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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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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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