The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination by Sarah Schulman

The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination

Sarah Schulman

179 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In this gripping memoir of the AIDS years (1981–1996), Sarah Schulman recalls how much of the rebellious queer culture, cheap rents, and a vibrant downtown arts movement vanished almost overnight to be replaced by gay conservative spokespeople and...

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informative 86%
reflective 67%
challenging 51%
emotional 34%
sad 26%
inspiring 17%
hopeful 9%
dark 5%
tense 3%
funny 1%

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slow 20%
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