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Urban legends the South Bronx in representation and ruin
"For decades, the South Bronx was America's 'inner city.' Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in them. Images of its ruins--none m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "For decades, the South Bronx was America's 'inner city.' Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in them. Images of its ruins--none more infamous than the one broadcast live during the 1977 World Series: a building burning near Yankee Stadium--proclaimed the failures of urbanism. Yet this same South Bronx produced hip hop, arguably the most powerful artistic and cultural innovation of the past fifty years. Two narratives--urban crisis and cultural renaissance--have dominated understandings of the Bronx and other urban environments. Today, as gentrification transforms American cities economically and demographically, the twin narratives structure our thinking about urban life. A Bronx native, Peter L'Official draws on literature and the visual arts to recapture the history, people, and place beyond its myths and legends. Both fact and symbol, the Bronx was not a decades-long funeral pyre, nor was hip hop its lone cultural contribution"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (310 pages) illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780674246485 0674246489 9780674246515 0674246519 |