Zebracki, M orcid.org/0000-0003-0053-2093, Janssens, F and Vanderbeck, RM (2023) Gay monuments in queer times: Amsterdam’s Homomonument and the politics of inclusive social practice. Sexualities, 26 (3). pp. 298-330. ISSN 1363-4607
Abstract
Despite growing debate about the role of monuments in diverse societies, there has been insufficient attention to contestations that have emerged involving ‘gay’ or ‘queer’ monuments. This article examines the politics of inclusion and exclusion that can stem from the social practices that evolve around these monuments, particularly as the imperatives and priorities of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) activism evolve while monuments, created in a particular historical and geographical context, are in some sense ‘set in stone’. Drawing on an intensive, mixed-methods case study of the Homomonument in Amsterdam, the article develops a grounded critique of processes of inclusion and exclusion specifically in relation to Black, bisexual and transgender people. With a focus on dance parties organised at the Homomonument, the article calls for more research that analyses monuments as sites of practice.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | ||||
Keywords: | lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, inclusion, exclusion, queer monuments, Homomonument, Amsterdam | ||||
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Institution: | The University of Leeds | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications | ||||
Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2021 15:48 | ||||
Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2023 16:55 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Publisher: | SAGE Publications | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607211028517 |