The Jamesonian Unconscious

The Nightly Round: Space, Social Capital, and Urban Black Nightlife

“…Asserting the notion of "spatial capital," Centner captures the practices involved in the gentrification and remaking of urban communities and neighborhoods in his analysis of emergent "Dot-com" communities. It is important to note that these kin-like ties operated more along the lines of what has been characterized by others as "alliances of taste" (Burnham, 1995) or "lifestyle enclaves" (Bellah et al, 1985), wherein strangers form alliances along lines of mutual interest and need. This distinction is important as kinship ties retain a level of permanency that kin-like ties are often without, underscoring the often temporary and strategic nature of such ties.…”

“…The research team is composed by Laura Moutinho (General coordination), Simone Monteiro (Rio de Janeiro coordination), Julio Simões (Sao Paulo coordination), Elaine Salo (Cape Town coordination), Brigitte Bagnol (Johannesburg coordination), Cathy Cohen (Chicago coordination), and Jessica Fields (San Francisco coordination). 6 It is important to note that these kin-like ties operated more along the lines of what has been characterized by others as "alliances of taste" (Burnham, 1995) or "lifestyle enclaves" (Bellah et al, 1985), wherein strangers form alliances along lines of mutual interest and need. This distinction is important as kinship ties retain a level of permanency that kin-like ties are often without, underscoring the often temporary and strategic nature of such ties.…”