The Gentrification of Minds is a captivating return to the AIDS crisis and ACT UP activism in New York in the 1980s and 1990s. Sarah Schulman, herself a New Yorker and LGBT activist, recalls the disappearance of downtown, almost overnight, of queer rebel culture, low-cost rents and the prolific art movement that was developing in the heart of Manhattan, replaced by conservative gay spokespersons, as well as consumerism mass. She describes with precision and commitment the “replacement of one community with another” and the process of gentrification that affected these neighbourhoods in conjunction with the AIDS crisis. Dimensions: 14 x 22 cm Author: Sarah Schulman Language: French