This geography of nightlife in Beirut goes beyond the cliché of the endless and wild nights of the Lebanese capital, to study spaces of festive sociability, the practices of actors producing and frequenting this world on a daily basis, and the associated representations. In this article, Marie Bonte explores issues related to the playful uses of the night along with questions raised by the complex legacies of conflict, especially the Lebanese Civil War. In doing so, she shows how practices related to alcohol, flirting, and dancing are ways of making and reclaiming urban space, as well as expressing a potential cohabitation that transcends the assigned identities imposed and materialised in the city by the war. At the heart of social, cultural and political geography, and incorporating elements of territorial marketing, Bonte’s work revisits urban issues in the Middle East and post-conflict management.
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