Get yo' life : Black queer placemaking / R.J. Millhouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millhouse, R. J., author.

Series:

Black performance and cultural criticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American gay people--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions--Case studies.

African American gay people.

Sociology, Urban--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Sociology, Urban.

Spatial behavior--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Spatial behavior.

Communities--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Communities.

Black queer people.

African American queer people.

Queer organizations.

Physical Description:

x, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"In Get Yo’ Life, R. J. Millhouse incorporates gender and sexuality studies, archival work, performance studies, and urban studies to craft a historical geography of Black queer public life and culture from the 1960s onward. He does so via case studies of two Brooklyn nightclubs, Langston’s and Happiness Lounge, as patrons fought to preserve their spaces and community in the face of gentrification. Introducing Black queer spatiality as an analytic method and a type of intersectionality-driven memory work, Millhouse teases out the nuanced functions of care-work, performance, and kinship labor, along with attendant sensational, atmospheric, and nostalgic factors, as they inform Black queer placemaking practices. These practices—such as resource fairs, vogue competitions, and the appropriation of public parks as communal places—often face opposition from the police or well-to-do, mostly white, neighbors. Yet, they remain vital sites of Black queer agency. By focusing on the structural powers that condition the lives and placemaking and placekeeping strategies of Black queer people in Brooklyn, Millhouse reveals the ways in which people make and preserve place amid state-sanctioned displacement"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Waking up in Aunt Jeanette's place

Starlite, the Warehouse, and Langston's

Care-work, performance, and kinship labor in Happiness Lounge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-135) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Millhouse, R. J. Get yo' life.

ISBN:

9780814215845

081421584X

9780814259405

0814259405

OCLC:

1457305108