Barrio dreams : Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the neoliberal city /
Arlene Davila brilliantly considers the cultural politics of urban space in this lively exploration of Puerto Rican and Latino experience in New York, the global center of culture and consumption, where Latinos are now the biggest minority group. Analyzing the simultaneous gentrification and Latiniz...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Arlene Davila brilliantly considers the cultural politics of urban space in this lively exploration of Puerto Rican and Latino experience in New York, the global center of culture and consumption, where Latinos are now the biggest minority group. Analyzing the simultaneous gentrification and Latinization of what is known as El Barrio or Spanish Harlem, Barrio Dreams makes a compelling case that--despite neoliberalism's race-and ethnicity-free tenets--dreams of economic empowerment are never devoid of distinct racial and ethnic considerations. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520937727 0520937724 0520240928 9780520240926 0520240936 9780520240933 9786612763014 6612763019 1597344796 9781597344791 1282763016 9781282763012 |