Barrio dreams : Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the neoliberal city / Arlene Davila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dávila, Arlene M., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gentrification--New York (State)--New York.

Gentrification.

Puerto Ricans--Housing--New York (State)--New York.

Puerto Ricans.

Latin Americans--Housing--New York (State)--New York.

Latin Americans.

Latin Americans--Housing--United States.

Housing policy--New York (State)--New York.

Housing policy.

Enterprise zones--New York (State)--New York.

Enterprise zones.

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arlene Dávila 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. Dávila scrutinizes dramatic shifts in housing, the growth of charter schools, and the enactment of Empowerment Zone legislation that promises upward mobility and empowerment while shutting out many longtime residents. Foregrounding privatization and consumption, she offers an innovative look at the marketing of Latino space. She emphasizes class among Latinos while touching on black-Latino and Mexican-Puerto Rican relations. Providing a unique multifaceted view of the place of Latinos in the changing urban landscape, Barrio Dreams is one of the most nuanced and original examinations of the complex social and economic forces shaping our cities today.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Barrio Business, Barrio Dreams

1. Dreams of Place and Housing Struggles

2. "El Barrio es de Todos": Predicaments of Culture and Place

3. Empowered Culture? The Empowerment Zone and the Selling of El Barrio

4. The Edison Project: On Corporate Headquarters, Museums, and the Education of El Barrio

5. The Mexican Barrio: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Terrain of Latinidad

6. The Marketable Neighborhood: Outdoor Ads Meet Street Art

Some Final Words

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index.

ISBN:

9786612763014

9781597344791

1597344796

9781282763012

1282763016

9780520937727

0520937724

OCLC:

475931914