Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Dávila, Arlene M., 1965-

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Description

xi, 260 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

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."--Publisher's description.

Subjects

• USA
• Bewohner
• Latino-Américains - Logement - États-Unis
• Puertoricaner
• Puerto Ricans > Housing > New York (State) > New York
• Logement > Politique gouvernementale > New York (État) > New York
• Housing policy > New York (State) > New York
• Logement - Politique gouvernementale - New York (État) - New York
• Enterprise zones > New York (State) > New York
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Politics and government
• Gentrification > New York (State) > New York
• Latino-Américains > Logement > New York (État) > New York
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions
• Slum
• Changement social - New York (État) - New York
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Conditions sociales
• Latin Americans > Housing > New York (State) > New York
• Latin Americans > Housing > United States
• New York <NY>
• Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) - New York (État) - New York
• New York- Harlem
• Portoricains > Logement > New York (État) > New York
• Zones industrielles urbaines > New York (État) > New York
• Latino-Américains > Logement > États-Unis
• Changement social > New York (État) > New York
• Portoricains - Logement - New York (État) - New York
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Politique et gouvernement
• Stadtentwicklung
• Latino-Américains - Logement - New York (État) - New York
• Hispanos
• Zones industrielles urbaines - New York (État) - New York
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Conditions sociales
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Conditions économiques
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions
• Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) > New York (État) > New York
• Urbanization > New York (State) > New York
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Politique et gouvernement
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Conditions économiques

Bibliography (note)

• 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.

ISBN

• 0520240928
• 9780520240926
• 0520240936
• 9780520240933

LCCN

2003064572

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries