‘Dyke Bars Never Last’: Gentrification, Critical Nostalgia and the Commemoration of Lost Dyke Bars in Four Cities

Japonica Brown-Saracino is an ethnographer who specializes in urban and community sociology, cultural sociology, and the study of sexualities. She explores her concept of social preservation and gentrification, highlighting how city ecology shapes social interactions, and, ultimately, how we understand ourselves and the groups to which we belong.