Beyond Chueca: limitations of heritage-centred understandings of historical queer spatiality
Drawing from both international dynamics and local histories, LGBTQ+ neighbourhoods have been increasingly studied and experienced as sociocultural heritage. Ranging from internationally well-known areas such as Castro and Greenwich Village to more nationally significant neighbourhoods such as Canal...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) |
| Repositorio: | Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/43367 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43367 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Heritage Queer studies Chueca Madrid Heritagisation Patrimonio Estudios queer Patrimonialización |
| Sumario: | Drawing from both international dynamics and local histories, LGBTQ+ neighbourhoods have been increasingly studied and experienced as sociocultural heritage. Ranging from internationally well-known areas such as Castro and Greenwich Village to more nationally significant neighbourhoods such as Canal Street or Le Marais, the intersection of LGBTQ tourism circuits, activists (or activism?), scholarly research, and heritagisation has produced a growing understanding of queer spaces as collective heritage sites. This article analyses the case of Chueca in Madrid, the capital of Spain, where defining the area as an LGBTQ heritage site is inexorably intertwined with both gentrification and a selective representation within Madrid and Spain’s broader queer histories. Drawing on archival and fieldwork research, along with social reproduction theory and critical queer studies, the article argues that applying heritage-centred perspectives to queer spatiality produces both exclusions and limitations, emphasizing leisure spaces or the predominance of male identity over other experiences. |
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