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How the Streets Were Made : Housing Segregation and Black Life in America /

"In this book, Yelena Bailey examines the creation of 'the streets' not just as a physical, racialized space produced by segregationist policies but also as a sociocultural entity that has influenced our understanding of blackness in America for decades. Drawing from fields such as me...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bailey, Yelena (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In this book, Yelena Bailey examines the creation of 'the streets' not just as a physical, racialized space produced by segregationist policies but also as a sociocultural entity that has influenced our understanding of blackness in America for decades. Drawing from fields such as media studies, literary studies, history, sociology, film studies, and music studies, this book engages in an interdisciplinary analysis of the how the streets have shaped contemporary perceptions of black identity, community, violence, spending habits, and belonging"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (222 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469660615