Barrio Dreams

Author : Arlene Dávila
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0520240936

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"Dávila's keen insights into the politics of marketing ethnicity, community marginalization and class divisions cuts through neo-liberal postures to glaringly reveal the real issue - who will construct (and control) East Harlem's future? Well versed in the scholarship, Dávila has produced a book that is essential for understanding the increasingly important role and aspirations of Puerto Rican and Latino communities in New York's history."—Virginia Sánchez Korrol, author of From Colonia to Community: The History of Puerto Ricans in New York City "Providing an expansive ethnographic portal into New York's famous 'El Barrio,' Davila documents the ways in which the neighborhood's Latino cultures can be commodified as a magnet for gentrification as well as providing an obstacle to it. An absorbing read providing a unique contemporary perspective on East Harlem."—Neil Smith, author of American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization "Unlike most ethnographers of the urban poor in search of authentic street experience, Dávila gives us an ethnography of power. With rich insights and sensitivity, she documents the pitched battles between developers, politicians, long-time residents, newcomers, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and African Americans over space, gentrification and cultural representation in East Harlem. Dávila peels back the many layers of local stories in order to reveal a complex, national story of resistance against urban neoliberalism."—Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination

Author : Silviana Wood
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780816532476

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"The first-ever anthology of plays by Chicana playwright Silviana Wood"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Arlene M. Dávila
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN : 1597344796

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Barrio Dreams by Arlene M. Dávila Pdf

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.

Author : Russell Leigh Sharman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520244276

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The Tenants of East Harlem by Russell Leigh Sharman Pdf

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Author : Roberta Uno
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781317280446

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Contemporary Plays by Women of Color by Roberta Uno Pdf

In the two decades since the first edition of Contemporary Plays by Women of Color was published, its significance to the theatrical landscape in the United States has grown exponentially. Work by female writers and writers of color is more widely produced, published, and studied than ever before. Drawing from an exciting range of theaters, large and small, from across the country, Roberta Uno brings together an up-to-date selection of plays from renowned and emerging playwrights tackling a variety of topics. From the playful to the painful, this revised and updated edition presents a rich array of voices, aesthetics, and stories for a transforming America.

Author : A. Aneesh,Lane Hall,Patrice Petro
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813551944

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Beyond Globalization by A. Aneesh,Lane Hall,Patrice Petro Pdf

Does living in a globally networked society mean that we are moving toward a single, homogenous world culture? Or, are we headed for clashes between center and periphery, imperial and subaltern, Western and non-Western, First and Third World? The interdisciplinary essays in Beyond Globalization present us with another possibility—that new media will lead to new kinds of “worldmaking.” This provocative volume brings together the best new work of scholars within such diverse fields as history, sociology, anthropology, film, media studies, and art. Whether examining the inauguration of a virtual community on the website Second Life or investigating the appropriation of biotechnology for transgenic art, this collection highlights how mediated practices have become integral to global culture; how social practices have emerged out of computer-related industries; how contemporary apocalyptic narratives reflect the anxieties of a U.S. culture facing global challenges; and how design, play, and technology help us understand the histories and ideals behind the digital architectures that mediate our everyday actions.

Author : Melvin Delgado
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231150897

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Latino Small Businesses and the American Dream by Melvin Delgado Pdf

Latino small businesses provide social, economic, and cultural comfort to their communities. They are also excellent facilitators of community capacity--a major component of effective social work practice. Social work practitioners have a vested interest in seeing such businesses grow, not only among Latinos but all communities of color. Reviewing the latest research on formal and informal economies within urban communities of color, Melvin Delgado lays out the demographic foundations for a richer collaboration between theory and practice. Delgado deploys numerous case studies to cement the link between indigenous small businesses and community well-being. Whether regulated or unregulated, these establishments hire from within and promote immigrant self-employment. Latino small businesses often provide jobs for those whose criminal and mental health backgrounds intimidate conventional businesses. Recently estimated to be the largest group of color running small businesses in the United States, Latino owners top two million, with the number expected to double within the next few years. Joining an understanding of these institutions with the kind of practice that enables their social and economic improvement, Delgado explains how to identify and mobilize the kinds of resources that best spur their development.

Author : Gilberto Rosas
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822352372

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Barrio Libre by Gilberto Rosas Pdf

In this book, Gilberto Rosas draws on his in-depth ethnographic research among the members of Barrio Libre to understand why they have embraced criminality and how neoliberalism and security policies on both sides of the border have affected the youths' descent into Barrio Libre.

Author : Johana Londoño
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478012276

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Abstract Barrios by Johana Londoño Pdf

In Abstract Barrios Johana Londoño examines how Latinized urban landscapes are made palatable for white Americans. Such Latinized urban landscapes, she observes, especially appear when whites feel threatened by concentrations of Latinx populations, commonly known as barrios. Drawing on archival research, interviews, and visual analysis of barrio built environments, Londoño shows how over the past seventy years urban planners, architects, designers, policy makers, business owners, and other brokers took abstracted elements from barrio design—such as spatial layouts or bright colors—to safely “Latinize” cities and manage a long-standing urban crisis of Latinx belonging. The built environments that resulted ranged from idealized notions of authentic Puerto Rican culture in the interior design of New York City’s public housing in the 1950s, which sought to diminish concerns over Puerto Rican settlement, to the Fiesta Marketplace in downtown Santa Ana, California, built to counteract white flight in the 1980s. Ultimately, Londoño demonstrates that abstracted barrio culture and aesthetics sustain the economic and cultural viability of normalized, white, and middle-class urban spaces.

Author : Dalia Kandiyoti
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781584658054

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Migrant Sites by Dalia Kandiyoti Pdf

A unique comparative study of immigrant and diaspora literatures in America

Author : Valentín, Benjamín
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798888660294

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Touched By This Place by Valentín, Benjamín Pdf

Author : Chloe E. Taft
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674660496

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From Steel to Slots by Chloe E. Taft Pdf

Bethlehem PA was synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed, the city bet its future on casino gambling. Chloe Taft describes a city struggling to make sense of the ways global capitalism transforms jobs, landscapes, and identities. While residents often have few cards to play, the shape economic progress takes is not inevitable.

Author : Patricia Gherovici,Christopher Christian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429793608

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Psychoanalysis in the Barrios by Patricia Gherovici,Christopher Christian Pdf

Psychoanalysis in the Barrios: Race, Class, and the Unconscious demonstrates that psychoanalytic principles can be applied successfully in disenfranchised Latino populations, refuting the misguided idea that psychoanalysis is an expensive luxury only for the wealthy. As opposed to most Latin American countries, where psychoanalysis is seen as a practice tied to the promotion of social justice, in the United States psychoanalysis has been viewed as reserved for the well-to-do, assuming that poor people lack the "sophistication" that psychoanalysis requires, thus heeding invisible but no less rigid class boundaries. Challenging such discrimination, the authors testify to the efficacy of psychoanalysis in the barrios, upending the unfounded widespread belief that poor people are so consumed with the pressures of everyday survival that they only benefit from symptom-focused interventions. Sharing vivid vignettes of psychoanalytic treatments, this collection sheds light on the psychological complexities of life in the barrio that is often marked by poverty, migration, marginalization, and barriers of language, class, and race. This interdisciplinary collection features essays by distinguished international scholars and clinicians. It represents a unique crossover that will appeal to readers in clinical practice, social work, counselling, anthropology, psychology, cultural and Latino studies, queer studies, urban studies, and sociology.

Author : Ernesto Quiñonez
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804154055

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Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quiñonez Pdf

In this "thriller with literary merit" (Time Out New York), a stunning narrative combines the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley. Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty—and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Lyrical, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder. "Bodega is a fascinating character. . . . The story [Quiñonez] tells has energy and verve." —The New York Times Book Review

Author : Yomaira C Figueroa-Vásquez
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810142442

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Decolonizing Diasporas by Yomaira C Figueroa-Vásquez Pdf

Mapping literature from Spanish-speaking sub-Saharan African and Afro-Latinx Caribbean diasporas, Decolonizing Diasporas argues that the works of diasporic writers and artists from Equatorial Guinea, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba offer new worldviews that unsettle and dismantle the logics of colonial modernity. With women of color feminisms and decolonial theory as frameworks, Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez juxtaposes Afro-Latinx and Afro-Hispanic diasporic artists, analyzing work by Nelly Rosario, Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Donato Ndongo, Junot Díaz, Aracelis Girmay, Loida Maritza Pérez, Ernesto Quiñonez, Christina Olivares, Joaquín Mbomio Bacheng, Ibeyi, Daniel José Older, and María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Figueroa-Vásquez’s study reveals the thematic, conceptual, and liberatory tools these artists offer when read in relation to one another. Decolonizing Diasporas examines how themes of intimacy, witnessing, dispossession, reparations, and futurities are remapped in these works by tracing interlocking structures of oppression, including public and intimate forms of domination, sexual and structural violence, sociopolitical and racial exclusion, and the haunting remnants of colonial intervention. Figueroa-Vásquez contends that these diasporic literatures reveal violence but also forms of resistance and the radical potential of Afro-futurities. This study centers the cultural productions of peoples of African descent as Afro-diasporic imaginaries that subvert coloniality and offer new ways to approach questions of home, location, belonging, and justice.