Cruising the Dead River : David Wojnarowicz and New York's Ruined Waterfront /

In the 1970s, Manhattan's west side waterfront was a forgotten zone of abandoned warehouses and piers. Though many saw only blight, the derelict neighborhood was alive with queer people forging new intimacies through cruising. Alongside the piers' sexual and social worlds, artists produced...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anderson, Fiona (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2019]
Temas:
Cruising (Sexual behavior) > New York (State) > New York.
Ruins in art.
Sexual minority community > New York (State) > New York.
Waterfronts in art.
Waterfronts > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
ART / General.
David Wojnarowicz.
New York City history.
cruising.
gentrification.
queer.
urban renewal.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Queer at the Water's Edge
  • 1. Nostalgia for the Mud: Cruising in Ruins
  • 2. The Whole World and the Cemetery: The Queer Visual Culture of Ruins
  • 3. Cruising Ghosts: David Wojnarowicz's Queer Antecedents
  • 4. Protest and Preservation on the Waterfront
  • Conclusion: Rising into Ruin
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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