Black in place : the spatial aesthetics of race in a post-Chocolate City /

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"While Washington, D.C. is still often referred to as 'Chocolate City, ' it has undergone significant demographic, political, and architectural change in the last decade. No place represents this shift better than H Street, one of the neighborhoods devastated by the April 1968 riots a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Summers, Brandi Thompson (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Gentrification > Washington (D.C.)
Aesthetics, Black > Economic aspects > Washington (D.C.)
Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) > Washington (D.C.)
Esthétique noire > Aspect économique > Washington (D.C.)
HISTORY > African American.
Economics.
Gentrification.
Race relations > Economic aspects.
Social conditions.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations > Economic aspects.
Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions > 21st century.
H Street (Washington, D.C.) > Economic aspects.
Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) > H Street.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Black space matters
  • Capitol reinvestment : riot, renewal, and the rise of a black ghetto
  • Washington's Atlas District : inequality, cultural vibrancy, and the new regime of diversity
  • The changing face of a black space : cultural tourism and the spatialization of nostalgia
  • Consuming culture : authenticity, cuisine, and H Street's quality-of-life aesthetics
  • The corner : spatial aesthetics and black bodies in place
  • Conclusion : a Chocolate city is no dream.

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