Race, class, and politics in the cappuccino city / Derek Hyra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyra, Derek S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gentrification--Social aspects--Washington (D.C.).

Gentrification.

Gentrification--Political aspects--Washington (D.C.).

African American neighborhoods--Washington (D.C.).

African American neighborhoods.

Inner cities--Washington (D.C.).

Inner cities.

Equality.

Race relations.

Social conditions.

Social aspects.

Washington (D.C.).

Urban renewal--Washington (D.C.).

Urban renewal.

Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions--21st century.

Washington (D.C.)--Race relations--Economic aspects.

Equality--Washington (D.C.).

Physical Description:

xi, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Summary:

For long-time residents of Washington, DC's Shaw/U Street, the neighborhood has become almost unrecognizable in recent years. Where the city's most infamous open-air drug market once stood, a farmers' market now sells grass-fed beef and homemade duck egg ravioli. On the corner where AM.PM carryout used to dish out soul food, a new establishment markets its $28 foie gras burger. Shaw is experiencing a dramatic transformation, from "ghetto" to "gilded ghetto," where white newcomers are rehabbing homes, developing dog parks, and paving the way for a third wave coffee shop on nearly every block. Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City is an in-depth ethnography of this gilded ghetto. Hyra captures a gentrifying space in which longtime black residents are joined, and variously displaced, by an influx of young, white, relatively wealthy, and/or gay professionals. As a result, America is witnessing the emergence of what Hyra calls "cappuccino cities." A cappuccino has essentially the same ingredients as a cup of coffee with milk, but is considered upscale, and is double the price. In Hyra's cappuccino city, the black inner-city neighborhood undergoes enormous transformations and becomes racially "lighter" and more expensive by the year. Book jacket.

Contents:

The setting. Making the gilded ghetto: welcome to 14th Street

The rise and fall of DC's black political machine

From company town to postindustrial powerhouse

What's going on? Black branding

Race, class, and sexual orientation

Linking processes of political and cultural displacement

What does it all mean? The cappuccino city

Making equitable communities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226449364

022644936X

9780226449531

022644953X

OCLC:

956947780