Date of Award
Spring 3-31-2023
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Restricted/Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Abstract
Since the 1980s, Black queer and trans communities across U.S. cities have experienced racist and classist exclusion from gay neighborhoods, police and interpersonal violence in neighborhoods more generally, and medical racism in the HIV/AIDS crisis. Despite these forms of antiblack and anti-queer oppression, Black queer and trans people have performed acts of resistance and refusal to build community and experience better worlds. This research project examines how Black LGBTQ+ communities have responded to systems of racism, classism, queerphobia, and misogyny by claiming their “right to the city.” Specifically, this project explores how Black LGBTQ+ people in both Chicago and New York City have expressed resistance and refusal since 1989. This project is interdisciplinary and utilizes mixed-methods, including archival-based research, visual and media analyses, urban sociology, performance studies, and critical geography.
Mentor
Shanti Parikh
Additional Advisors
René Esparza, Andrea Friedman
Recommended Citation
Ridgell, Marc, "Resistance/Refusal of Violence in the Neoliberal City: Black LGBTQ+ Communities in Chicago and New York (1989 – present)" (2023). Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses. 53.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/undergrad_etd/53
Included in
African American Studies Commons, Africana Studies Commons, American Studies Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Other Theatre and Performance Studies Commons, Urban Studies and Planning Commons