Description: Queering the Midwest : Forging LGBTQ Community, Paperback by Forstie, Clare, ISBN 1479801879, ISBN-13 9781479801879, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US How LGBTQ community life in a small Midwestern city differs from that in larger cities with established gayborhoods River City is a small, Midwestern, postindustrial city surrounded by green hills and farmland with a population of just over 50,000. Most River City residents are white, working-class Catholics, a demographic associated with conservative sexual politics. Yet LGBTQ residents of River City describe it as a progressive, welcoming, and safe space, with active LGBTQ youth groups and regular drag shows that test the capacity of bars. In this compelling examination of LGBTQ communities in seemingly “unfriendly” places, Queering the Midwest highlights the ambivalence of LGBTQ lives in the rural Midwest, where LGBTQ organizations and events occur occasionally but are generally not grounded in long-standing LGBTQ institutions. Drawing on in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation, Clare Forstie offers the story of a community that does not fit neatly into a narrative of progress or decline. Rather, this book reveals the contradictions of River City’s LGBTQ community, where people feel both safe and unnoticed, have a sense of belonging and persistent marginalization, and have friendships that do and don’t matter. These “ambivalent communities” in small Midwestern cities challenge the ways we think about LGBTQ communities and relationships and push us to embrace the contradictions, failures, and possibilities of LGBTQ communities across the American Midwest.
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Book Title: Queering the Midwest : Forging LGBTQ Community
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Name: Queering the MidWest : Forging Lgbtq Community
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Sociology / Urban
Item Weight: 12.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Clare Forstie
Subject Area: Social Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback