Document Type
Honors Project - Open Access
Abstract
Abstract: The role of gay villages in gentrification has long been contemplated yet their relationship to the global circulation of capital is understudied. This thesis sheds light on this phenomenon through an urban political ecology of gentrification and provides a new model of critical geographies of gentrification. The model is illustrated through ethnographic research in the two gay villages of De Waterkant in Cape Town, South Africa, and Loring Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The relationship between gentrification and globalization is analyzed through the four lenses that bring flows of financial capital, culture, technology, and ideology into focus and offers a way to critically examine the geographies of gentrification.
Recommended Citation
Nelson, Spencer, "“A Theoretical Model for Critical Geographies of Gentrification: A Comparative Analysis of Globalization in Two Gay Villages”" (2017). Geography Honors Projects. 50.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/geography_honors/50
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Advised by Dan Trudeau, PhD