Gay New York is an historical analysis of urban culture and the making of the Gay Male World between 1890 and 1940. As a study of urban social history this is an important work for urban geographers. Three geographers review the text from somewhat different geographical perspectives. Elder focuses on the scale of Chauncey's work. Knopp examines Chauncey's links between class, gender, and space. Brown employs the concepts of metaphor and metonym to argue that Gay New York is a ‘closet geography’.
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