Selling ethnic neighborhoods : the rise of neighborhoods as places of leisure and consumption / edited by Volkan Aytar and Jan Rath.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aytar, Volkan.

Rath, Jan, 1956-

Series:

Routledge advances in geography ; 5.

Routledge advances in geography ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic neighborhoods.

Minority business enterprises.

Consumption (Economics).

Culture diffusion.

Physical Description:

vi, 174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.

Contents:

Introduction: ethnic neighborhoods as places of leisure and consumption / Volkan Aytar and Jan Rath

Urban ethnic tourism in New York's neighborhoods : then and now / Johannes Novy

Ethnic minority restaurateurs and the regeneration of "Banglatown" in London's East End / Stephen Shaw and Sue Bagwell

Gateways to the urban economy: Chinatowns in Antwerp and Brussels / Ching Lin Pang

Kreuzberg's multi- and inter-cultural realities : are they assets? / Johannes Novy

Sanitizing the metropolis of leisurely consumption : a missed chance to re-invent entrepreneurial dynamism in Sulukule, Istanbul / Volkan Aytar and Suheyla Kirca-Schroeder

When diversity meets heritage : defining the urban image of a Lisbon precinct / Catarina Reis de Oliveira

Symbols of ethnicity in a multi-ethnic precinct : marketing Perth's northbridge for cultural consumption / Kirrily Jordan and Jock Collins

Risotto and zighiní Milano's Lazzaretto between multiculturalism and insecurity / Roberta Marzorati and Fabio Quassoli.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415899598

0415899591

OCLC:

727702731