Cities from scratch : poverty and informality in urban Latin America

By:

Fischer, Brodwyn & Others Eds

Publication details: London Duke University Press 2014Description: v,293pISBN:

9780822355335

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DDC classification:

307.3364 FIS

Contents:

Contents Introduction / Brodwyn Fischer 1 1. A century in the present tense : crisis, politics, and the intellectual history of Brazil's informal cities / Brodwyn Fischer 9 2. In and out of the margins : urban land seizures and homeownership in Santiago, Chile / Edward Murphy 68 3. Troubled oasis : the intertwining histories of the Morro dos Cabritos and Bairro Peixoto / Bryan McCann 102 4. Compadres, vecinos, and bróderes in the barrio : kinship, politics, and local territorialization in urban Nicaragua / Dennis Rodgers 127 5. The informal city : an enduring slum or a progressive habitat? / Emilio Duhau 150 6. The favelas of Rio de Janeiro / Ratão Diniz (with captions by Bryan McCann) 170 7. Informal cities and community-based organizing : the case of the Teatro Alameda / Sujatha Fernandes 185 8. Threshold markets : the production of real-estate value between the "favela" and the "pavement" / Mariana Cavalcanti 208 9. Toxic waiting : flammable Shantytown revisited / Javier Auyero. 238 Bibliography 263 Contributors 285 Index 287

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Contents
Introduction / Brodwyn Fischer 1
1. A century in the present tense : crisis, politics, and the intellectual history of Brazil's informal cities / Brodwyn Fischer 9
2. In and out of the margins : urban land seizures and homeownership in Santiago, Chile / Edward Murphy 68
3. Troubled oasis : the intertwining histories of the Morro dos Cabritos and Bairro Peixoto / Bryan McCann 102
4. Compadres, vecinos, and bróderes in the barrio : kinship, politics, and local territorialization in urban Nicaragua / Dennis Rodgers 127
5. The informal city : an enduring slum or a progressive habitat? / Emilio Duhau 150
6. The favelas of Rio de Janeiro / Ratão Diniz (with captions by Bryan McCann) 170
7. Informal cities and community-based organizing : the case of the Teatro Alameda / Sujatha Fernandes 185
8. Threshold markets : the production of real-estate value between the "favela" and the "pavement" / Mariana Cavalcanti 208
9. Toxic waiting : flammable Shantytown revisited / Javier Auyero. 238
Bibliography 263
Contributors 285
Index 287

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