May 2nd @SJSU "How Places Make Us: Novel LBQ Identities in Four Cities", by Japonica Brown-Saracino,

[James Christopher Mizes]

From Gordon Douglas at SJSU:

How Places Make Us: Novel LBQ Identities in Four Small Cities

Featuring author Japonica Brown-Saracino (Boston University)

in discussion with Jackelyn Hwang (Stanford)

Weds., May 2nd @ 5pm

SJSU Boccardo Business Center - BBC 226 

In How Places Make US: Novel LBQ Identities in Four Small Cities, sociologist Japonica Brown-Saracino shows just how important place and community are the conceptualization of identity, and just how different these things can be from city to city. In this immersive ethnographic study of lesbian, bisexual, and queer individuals in Ithaca NY, San Luis Obispo, CA, Greenfield, MA., and Portland ME, Brown-Saracino demonstrates that cultures, politics, and identities are responsive to city ecology.

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Hope to see you all there,

Gordon

This event is co-sponsored by the SJSU Department of Sociology.

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Gordon Douglas, PhD

Assistant Professor

Director, Institute for Metropolitan Studies

Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning

San José State University

https://www.facebook.com/metstudies/

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James Christopher Mizes

Doctoral Candidate 

Department of City & Regional Planning

College of Environmental Design

University of California, Berkeley