The Philadelphia Barrio : the Arts, Branding, and Neighborhood Transformation.

How does a so-called bad neighborhood go about changing its reputation? Is it simply a matter of improving material conditions or picking the savviest marketing strategy? What kind of role can or should the arts play in that process? Does gentrification always entail a betrayal of a neighborhood...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wherry, Frederick F.
Otros Autores: Rocco, Tony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Temas:
Hispanic American neighborhoods > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Community development > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Community arts projects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Quartiers hispaniques > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Projets d'art communautaires > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Développement communautaire > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Community arts projects
Community development
Hispanic American neighborhoods
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: Culture at Work: The Arts, Branding, and Neighborhood Transformation; 2: Latin Soul, Latin Flavor: Performing the Authenticity of Place; 3: The Art World of the Barrio: Sources of Attraction and Motivation; 4: Ringing the Registers: Entrepreneurial Dreams; 5: Stigma, Status, and Staging: The History of a Reputation; 6: Character on Parade: Cultural Constraints on Neighborhood Branding; 7: Redemption and Revitalization in the Barrio: A Tentative Conclusion; Appendix: Telling it Like it Was: Methods and Data; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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