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Gay and lesbian emotional geographies of clubbing: reflections from Paris and Turin

2013; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 21; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/0966369x.2013.810603

1360-0524

Nadine Cattan, Alberto Vanolo,

Spatial and Cultural Studies

AbstractUrban nighttime entertainment spaces, including bars, pubs, and clubs, are a crucial space for the performance of gendered social relations and the experience of sexual identities. This article investigates the emotional spaces of commercial gay and lesbian recreation in two different settings: lesbian nights in Paris, France, and gay clubs in Turin, Italy. This research was carried out through direct observation and auto-ethnographic fieldwork. Drawing on the literature from emotional geographies, the article proposes an alternative take on the geography of gay and lesbian clubbing by applying the metaphors of the island and the archipelago from cultural geography to the gay and lesbian scene. The island and archipelago are presented as metaphors that imply emotions, performance, materiality, spatiality, strategy, and imagination in the performance of the gay and lesbian playscape. The article argues that the club, intended as a type of gay and lesbian island, does not necessarily imply a condition of insulation. Rather, the island implies both metaphor and materiality, and movement may also be considered an emotional strategy for gays and lesbians in the heteronormative urban space.Geografías emocionales gays y lesbianas del ir de discotecas: reflexiones desde París y TurínLos espacios urbanos de diversión nocturna, incluyendo los bares, pubs y discotecas, son un espacio crucial para la performance de las relaciones sociales generizadas y la experiencia de las identidades sexuales. Este artículo investiga los espacios emocionales de la recreación comercial gay y lesbiana en dos situaciones diferentes: las noches lesbianas en París, Francia, y discotecas gays en Turín, Italia. Esta investigación se llevó a cabo con observación directa y trabajo de campo autoetnográfico. Basándose en literatura de las geografías emocionales, el artículo propone un punto de vista alternativo a la vida gay y lesbiana en las discotecas, aplicando las metáforas de la geografía cultural de la isla y el archipiélago a la escena gay y lesbiana. La isla y el archipiélago se presentan como metáforas que implican emociones, performance, materialidad, espacialidad, estrategia e imaginación en la performance del paisaje recreativo gay y lesbiano. El artículo propone que la discoteca, pensada como un tipo de isla gay y lesbiana, no necesariamente implica una condición de aislamiento. En cambio, la isla implica tanto metáfora como materialidad, y el movimiento puede también ser considerado una estrategia emocional para las personas gays y lesbianas en el espacio urbano heteronormativo.男、女同性恋者泡夜店的情绪地理:来自巴黎与都灵的反思城市的夜间娱乐空间,包括酒吧与夜店,是展现性别化的社会关係与性认同经验的重要地方。本文探讨两个不同脉络中男女同性恋者商业休閒活动的情绪空间:法国巴黎的女同性恋之夜,以及意大利都灵的男同性恋夜店。本研究透过直接观察与自我民族志的田野工作进行之。本文利用情绪地理学的文献,将文化地理学中的岛屿及列岛隐喻运用至男、女同性恋的场景,提出呈现男、女同性恋泡夜店的另类取径。岛屿及列岛做为暗示男、女同性恋者展演的嬉游地景中的情绪、展演、物质性、空间性、策略和想像的隐喻。本文主张,夜店做为男女同性恋岛屿的一种型式,不必然意味着孤立与隔绝的境况。反之,岛屿同时意味着隐喻和物质性,而该举动或可同时被视为男、女同性恋者在异性恋常规的城市空间中的情绪策略。Keywords:: gay and lesbian clubbingemotionsislandarchipelagoParisTurinPalabras claves:: ir de discotecas gays y lesbianasemocionesislaarchipiélagoParísTurín关键词::: 男、女同性恋者泡夜店情绪岛屿列岛巴黎都灵 AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank Marco Carpinelli, Circolo Maurice (Torino), and the informants who accepted to share their stories.Notes1.http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/In-The-Northwest-Seattle-is-an-island-in-its-1154555.php (cons. 23 August 2012).2. In this case, unlike other rites of passage, the rite is ephemeral and limited to the specific time-space of the event, disappearing when the person reenters society (cf. Jaimangal-Jones, Pritchard, and Morgan Citation2010).Additional informationNotes on contributorsNadine CattanNadine Cattan is Director of Research at the National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris. She heads the research unit Géographie-cités. Her research deals with urban mobility and gender issues. Nadine's critical constructivist approach enables the detection of new representations of territories and hybrid objects.Alberto VanoloAlberto Vanolo is a researcher and a Lecturer in Political and Economic Geography at the University of Turin, Italy. His research topics include urban geography, globalization studies, and cultural geography. Alberto is the coauthor of Urban Political Geographies (Sage 2012).