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A Clash Of Subcultures? Questioning Queer–Muslim Antagonisms in the Neoliberal City
Author(s) -
Kosnick Kira
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of urban and regional research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1468-2427
pISSN - 0309-1317
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2427.12261
Subject(s) - queer , framing (construction) , citizenship , sociology , public space , gender studies , immigration , neoliberalism (international relations) , context (archaeology) , political economy , political science , environmental ethics , law , politics , geography , architectural engineering , archaeology , engineering , philosophy
This article explores the framing of conflicts over public space as they unfold in a climate of neoliberal urban transformation in contemporary Germany. Examining how the alleged concerns of a ‘queer community’ have been pitted against the alleged moral agenda of Muslim immigrants in the country, examples of conflicts over ‘queer’ public leisure spaces in Berlin will give insights into how different cultural minority positions are mobilized against each other in the context of both urban and national citizenship debates that are marked by a neoliberal re‐evaluation of diversities and inequalities.