Barrio dreams : Puerto Ricans, Latinos and the Neoliberal city
Publication details: California University of California Press 2004Description: xi,260pISBN:- 9780520240933
- 307.3416 DAV
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Book | CEPT Library | General | 307.3416 DAV | Available | 021154 |
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Barrio Business, Barrio Dreams 1
1. Dreams of Place and Housing Struggles 27
2. "El Barrio es de Todos": Predicaments of Culture and Place 59
3. Empowered Culture?: Tourism, the Empowerment Zone and the Selling of El Barrio 97
4. Culture as Business and Business as Culture: On Corporate Headquarters, Museums, and the Education of El Barrio 128
5. The Mexican Barrio: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and the Terrain of Latinidad 153
6. The Marketable Neighborhood: Outdoor Ads Meet Street Art 181
Some Final Words 205
Notes 215
References 235
Index 251
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