Barrio dreams : Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the neoliberal city /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dávila, Arlene M., 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Gentrification > New York (State) > New York.
Urbanization > New York (State) > New York.
Puerto Ricans > Housing > New York (State) > New York.
Latin Americans > Housing > New York (State) > New York.
Latin Americans > Housing > United States.
Housing policy > New York (State) > New York.
Enterprise zones > New York (State) > New York.
Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) > New York (État) > New York.
Urbanisation > New York (État) > New York.
Portoricains > Logement > New York (État) > New York.
Latino-Américains > Logement > New York (État) > New York.
Latino-Américains > Logement > États-Unis.
Logement > Politique gouvernementale > New York (État) > New York.
Zones industrielles urbaines > New York (État) > New York.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Urbanization
Economic history
Enterprise zones
Gentrification
Housing policy
Latin Americans > Housing
Politics and government
Social conditions
East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions.
East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions.
East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Politics and government.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > East Harlem
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Barrio business, Barrio dreams
  • Dreams of place and housing struggles
  • "El Barrio es de todos" : predicaments of culture and place
  • Empowered culture? : the Empowerment Zone and the selling of El Barrio
  • The Edison project : on corporate headquarters, museums, and the education of El Barrio
  • The Mexican Barrio : Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the terrain of Latinidad
  • The marketable neighborhood : outdoor ads meet street art.

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