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 economic change in the last decade. In D.C., no place represents this shift better than the H Street corridor. In this book, Brandi Thompson Summers documents D....

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Summers, Brandi Thompson (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social conditions.
Race relations > Economic aspects.
Gentrification.
Economics.
HISTORY > African American.
Esthetique noire > Aspect economique > Washington (D.C.)
Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) > Washington (D.C.)
Aesthetics, Black > Economic aspects > Washington (D.C.)
Gentrification > Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) > H Street.
Washington (D.C.)
H Street (Washington, D.C.) > Economic aspects.
Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations > Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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