Ottawa's le/the village: Creating a gaybourhood amidst the 'death of the village'

Geoforum

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-242

  Lewis, Nathaniel M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Gay village; Gentrification; Identity; Neighbourhood; Ottawa; Queer

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

EID: 84884730548     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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