444 - Regional Spotlight Session. Urban Culture and Public Life in Chicago

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

Chicago has long served as a central site for the sociological study of urban culture and public life. In this Spotlight Session, we will discuss how race relations unfold in Chicago’s public spaces; neighborhood gentrification and the ecological landscape of the LGBT community; and the city’s vibrant scenes of urban entertainment, nightlife, and cultural consumption. In doing so, we will emphasize Chicago’s distinctiveness as well as its persistent ability to highlight larger social forces operating in American metropolitan life more generally.

Sub Unit

• Regional Spotlight

Session Organizer

• David Grazian, University of Pennsylvania

Presider

• David Grazian, University of Pennsylvania

Presenters

• Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, Temple University

• Japonica Brown-Saracino, Boston University

• Black Hawk Hancock, DePaul University