Impossible Dance: Club Culture and Queer World-Making

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W I M P O S S I B L E D A N C E Club Culture and Queer World-Making s F10 N A BUCKLAND Wesleyan University Press MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT Published by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT 06459 Copyright © 2002 by Fiona Buckland All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Buckland, Fiona. Impossible dance : club culture and queer world-making / by Fiona Buckland. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8195-6497-4 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 0-8195-6498-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Gay clubs—New York (State) —New York. 2. Gay communities—New York (State) —New York. 3. Lesbian communities—New York (State) —New York. 4. Gays—New York (State)—New York—Identity. 5. Lesbians—New York (State)—New York—Identity. I. Title. HQ76.3.U5 B83 2002 305.9Ό664Ό9747—dc2i 2001004768 For Christine This page intentionally left blank ...