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1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 Latinization of what is known as El Barrio or Spanish Harlem, Barrio Dreams makes a compelling case that--despite neoliberalism's race-and ethnicity-free tenets--dreams of economic empowerment are never devoid of distinct racial and ethnic considerations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gentrification -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Gentrification. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Urban development -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Puerto Ricans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Puerto Ricans. |
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Housing. |
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New York (State) |
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Latin Americans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Latin Americans -- Housing. |
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Latin Americans. |
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Latin Americans -- Housing -- United States.
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United States. |
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Housing policy -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Housing policy. |
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Enterprise zones -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Enterprise zones. |
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
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East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dávila, Arlene M., 1965- Barrio dreams. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004 0520240928 0520240936 (DLC) 2003064572 (OCoLC)55661006 |
| ISBN |
9780520937727 (electronic book) |
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0520937724 (electronic book) |
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0520240928 |
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9780520240926 |
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0520240936 |
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9780520240933 |
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