Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Epigraph Introduction Part 1 - This is How It Started Chapter One - Like a Phoenix From The Ashes: Socio-Sonic Memory and Proto-House Geographies Introduction Anti-Integration Activism in Residential and Cultural Spaces Urban Renewal, Deindustrialization, and Top-Down Development The Rise and Fall of Chicago's Indie R&B and Soul Industry Queer of Color Cultural Antecedents Conclusion Chapter Two - The Warehouse and The Music Box: Nurturing Chicago House Music Culture Introduction The Birth of The Warehouse Ron Hardy and The Music Box Conclusion Chapter Three - Remediating The Underground: Teen Parties, Disco Punk, and Hot Mix Radio Introduction The Deep Times and Spaces of Chicago's Black Social Dance Cultures Hotmixing DJs on The Airwaves "Saturday Night Live Ain't No Jive" Conclusion Chapter Four - The End of The First Decade: House Music Crosses Over and Moves Out Introduction Pressing and Selling Chicago House Chicago House Music Moves Out Conclusion Part 2 - It's Not Over Chapter Five - "Is It All Over My Face?" Sounding a Communal Love Ethic at The Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic Introduction Setting The Stage: Reunion Picnics, Chosen Family, and Camp Culture Sounding The Classics of a Repertoire in Motion Dancing The Loving Community Conclusion Chapter Six - Are You Ready to Get Your Life? Performing Neostalgia and Wildness in Chicago's Contemporary Queer Club Scenes Introduction The Hermitage of House Safer Spaces on The West Side Queen!'s Neostalgic Musical Mix Sounding Wildness at Chances Dances Queen!'s Neostalgic Visuality Cuteness and Wild Visuality at Chances Dances Conclusion Chapter Seven - Dancing in Brave Spaces Introduction Being Big Riding The Rhythm, Pulling Energy Jack Your Body, Strike a Pose Out of My Head Conclusion Coda Bibliography Books Articles Websites, Online Articles, and Multimedia Conferences, Lectures, Symposia, Unpublished Work, Personal Correspondences etc. Oral History Interviews Selected Discography.