A01=Arlene Davila
american culture
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Author_Arlene Davila
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charter schools
class differences
consumption
cultural politics
demographic studies
economic empowerment
el barrio
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ethnic issues
gentrification
globalization
housing crises
immigrant experience
interethnic relations
largest minority group
latinization
latinos
neoliberals
new york
nonfiction
puerto ricans
racial issues
sociology
spanish harlem
textbooks
urban landscape
urban space
Product details
- ISBN 9780520240933
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Jul 2004
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Arlene Davila 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. Davila 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.
Arlene Davila is Associate Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at New York University. She is the author of Latinos, Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People (California, 2001) and Sponsored Identities: Cultural Politics in Puerto Rico (1997) and coeditor of Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York (2001).
