Delighted to announce my new publication in Mediapolis, an online and open-access journal about cities and culture. In “Emplaced Bars and Episodic Events,” I reflect on new nightlife forms. The article is part of a special issue on “New Directions in Queer Nightlife,” co-edited by Johan Andersson and Jamie Hakim.
Social Problems
My graduate student Tori and I advance an interactional framework for studying intersectional identities: “Retheorizing Intersectional Identities with the Study of Chinese LGBTQ+ Migrants.”
NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report
I had the pleasure of speaking on NPR‘s Marketplace Morning Report, a program heard by 10 million weekly listeners across the United States. Sabri Ben-Achour is an excellent interviewer, who cut to the core of the issues in our sharp, 5 minute conversation. Listen to us chat about cultural and economic changes in queer nightlife.
The Nation
The Nation reviewed my book! Daniel Felsenthal writes, “The book feels like a satellite image of London at night, with far-flung parties gleaming mostly on the edges, bright nodes in a darkened expanse. Ghaziani renders a complex picture of how going out as a queer person is changing; his approach to the topic, at once intimate and meticulous, ultimately enables his own perspective to shine through. Refreshingly, Long Live Queer Nightlife refuses anguish—Ghaziani’s jubilation at the emergence of the new outweighs his sorrow at the molting of the old.”
The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times reviewed my book! “Ghaziani shines as an academic,” they say. Here’s more: “The sociologist Amin Ghaziani wants to turn a funeral into a party. . . . [I]n Long Live Queer Nightlife, Ghaziani makes the case that, though the shuttering of gay bars is sad, it prompted a renaissance for club nights, alternative dance spaces championed by people of color and gender-nonconforming people. Unlike the stationary gay bar that caters to the white gay man, these ticketed events are nomadic and inclusive, often popping up in warehouses on the industrial outskirts of sleepless cities. Save your tears, because queer nightlife is alive and well. In fact, it’s even better than ever, having evolved into a more progressive, sophisticated form.”
Pre-orders Available Now
At long last, pre-orders of Long Live Queer Nightlife are now available directly through Princeton in hardback, as an ebook, and audiobook, featuring Amin El Gamal, the first openly queer Muslim actor to play a lead role in a television series (Prison Break).