Queering Urban Justice: Queer of Colour Formations in Toronto

Published by University of Toronto Press 2018

Queering Urban Justice

Queer of Colour Formations in Toronto

Edited by: Jinthana Haritaworn , Ghaida Moussa , Syrus Marcus Ware and Gabriela (Rio) Rodriguez

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487518646

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About this book

Queering Urban Justice foregrounds visions of urban justice that are critical of racial and colonial capitalism, and asks: What would it mean to map space in ways that address very real histories of displacement and erasure?

Author / Editor information

Haritaworn Jinthana :

Jin Haritaworn is an associate professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University.
Moussa Ghaida :

Ghaida Moussa is a PhD Candidate in the Social and Political Thought Program at York University.
Ware Syrus Marcus :

Syrus Marcus Ware is a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University.
Rodriguez Gabriela (Rio) :

Rio Rodriguez is a Toronto-based latinx queer educator working in queer, trans and POC communities.

Reviews

Dina Georgis, Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto:

"Compellingly articulated, Queering Urban Justice collects and makes space for the memories, reflections, and activisms of subaltern communities on the urban landscape of our city. Queer and trans Toronto needs this book."

Roland Sintos Coloma, Division of Teacher Education, Wayne State University:

"Queering Urban Justice is an intellectually astute and provocative collection of critical studies of difference. It brings together historical and contemporary investigations of sexual politics as they interlock with the dynamic conditions of indigeneity, racialization, heteropatriarchy, diaspora, and capitalism. By locating its analysis in Toronto, Queering Urban Justice offers a deeply focused perspective on local resistance. At the same time, the book connects with national and transnational vectors that link Toronto to other parts of the world, thereby revealing the city’s multi-dimensional influences of activist work."

Diana Mulinari, Department of Gender Studies, Lund University:

"Expanding traditional queer and critical race studies towards a vital dialogue with urban cultural geographers, Queering Urban Justice presents powerful reflections that transgress national boundaries. Not only is this volume original and well written, it also responds to the lack of course literature regarding emerging communities of belonging. Queering Urban Justice is central for both undergraduate and post-graduate education in several fields, including, gender studies, queer studies, ethnic and racial studies, and urban studies."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Queering Urban Justice Jin Haritaworn, Ghaida Moussa, Río Rodríguez and Syrus Marcus Ware Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: Mapping Community
1. “Our Study Is Sabotage”: Queering Urban Justice, from Toronto to New York Jin Haritaworn, Che Gossett, Río Rodríguez and Syrus Marcus Ware Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
2. “We Had to Take Space, We Had to Create Space”: Locating Queer of Colour Politics in 1980s Toronto John Paul Catungal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3. Má-ka Juk Yuh: A Genealogy of Black Queer Liveability in Toronto Omisoore H. Dryden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
4. Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos/as and Canadian Imaginaries Robert Diaz, Marissa Largo and fritz Luther Pino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
5. On “Gaymousness” and “Calling Out”: Affect, Violence, and Humanity in Queer of Colour Politics Matthew Chin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Part Two: Cartographies of Resistance
6. Calling a Shrimp a Shrimp: A Black Queer Intervention in Disability Studies Nwadiogo Ejiogu and Syrus Marcus Ware Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
7. Black Lives Matter Toronto Teach-In Janaya Khan and Leroi Newbold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
8. Black Picket Signs/White Picket Fences: Racism, Space, and Solidarity Tara Atluri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
9. Becoming through Others: Western Queer Self-Fashioning and Solidarity with Queer Palestine Nayrouz Abu Hatoum and Ghaida Moussa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
10. Compulsory Coming Out and Agentic Negotiations: Toronto QTPOC Narratives Azar Masoumi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
11. The Sacred Uprising: Indigenous Creative Activisms Rebeka Tabobondung and Syrus Marcus Ware Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Epilogue: Caressing in Small Spaces Jin Haritaworn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Keywords: urban; justice; race; racialization; critical; ethnic; studies; queer of colour; QTBIPOC; toronto; neoliberal city

eBook

Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9781487518646