Amongst the ruins: a study of urban decay and sexuality

摘要: In this paper I explore the affect that urban ruins had on gay male experience and identity in the late20111 and early 21st century city. In the over-regulated city of the late 20111 ccntmy, dominant strategies nomwtively ordered the majority of spaces, yet the late 20111 century city was never a seamlessly regulated realm for it continued to be haunted by the neglected, the disposed of, and the repressed.