The Trouble With Flag Wars: Rethinking Sexuality in Critical Urban Theory

Critical urban theory (CUT) provides intellectual support for a politics of the right to the city. However, CUT has rarely engaged with the rich scholarship on sexuality and the urban, much of which directly addresses questions of social justice. CUT has most often treated sexuality as an attribute,...

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Blacks
Cities
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Gentrification
Narratives
Neighborhoods
Neighbourhoods
Ohio
queer
race
Resistance
Risk
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Social justice
Solidarity
Theory
U.S.A
Urban Areas
Urban Renewal
War
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