The economy of the night: fragments of Darlinghurst’s queer heritage

Denis Byrne

doi:10.4324/9781003290810-25

The economy of the night: fragments of Darlinghurst’s queer heritage

Denis Byrne

Institute for Culture & Society

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Abstract

Exploring the economy and landscape of queer desire in the 1980s and 1990s, this brief chapter winds its way through the streets of Darlinghurst, Sydney's gay quarter. The gay bars and clubs of the area were concentrated along its main ‘drag’, Oxford Street, but beyond these were the streets and parks where gays cruised beyond the capitalist domain of the ‘gay dollar’, a space where, like a commodity that takes itself off the market, they cruised and sashayed through the great outdoors. This scene was most intensely alive at night and represents a heritage of the after-hours.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Alternative Economies of Heritage
Subtitle of host publication	Sustainable, Anti-Colonial and Creative Approaches to Cultural Inheritance
Editors	Denise Thwaites, Bethany Turner, Tracy Ireland
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	20
Pages	261-265
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003290810
ISBN (Print)	9781032269818
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003290810-25
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2025

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© 2025 selection and editorial matter, Denise Thwaites, Bethaney Turner and Tracy Ireland; individual chapters, the contributors.

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