Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City

ISBN-10
1597344796
ISBN-13
9781597344791
Category
East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2004
Author
Arlene M. Dávila

Description

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.

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