The Classed Nature of Queer Nightclubs in Shanghai

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220105.076How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Queer; nightlife; nightclub; community; resilience

Abstract

This research proposal is inspired by one of the author’s field trips to an LGBTQ+ friendly bar and the observation of its classed nature. This study aims to explore the classed nature of queer nightclubs in Shanghai, which are social venues for the stigmatized group to foster resilience against oppression and exclusion. It argues that such classed nature will undermine some members’ access to and utilization of group-level resources, perpetuating class stratification both inside the LGBTQ+ community and in the larger society. The paper proposes three questions: (1) What are the class characteristics of queer nightclubs? (2) What is the impact of such classed nature of nightclubs on the queer participants in terms of their utilization of resources to benefit themselves? (3) What factors, in addition to class, might affect the utilization of spatial resources in the nightclubs? This study underscores that the level of resilience resource utilization by stigmatized groups merits scholars’ attention because a low level of group-level resource utilization undermines the value of these resources and may widen in-group health inequality.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xingyu Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - The Classed Nature of Queer Nightclubs in Shanghai
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 405
EP  - 410
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.076
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.076
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