Abstract Barrios - The Crises of Latinx Visibility in Cities

Johana Londoño examines how the barrio has become a cultural force that has been manipulated in order to create Latinized urban landscapes that are palatable for white Americans who view concentrated areas of Latinx populations as a threat.

List of contents

Preface: The Trouble with Representing Barrios  vii
Acknowledgments  xix
Introduction. Brokers and the Visibility of Barrios  1
1. Design for the "Puerto Rican Problem"  23
2. Colors and the "Culture of Poverty"  70
3. A Fiesta for "White Flight"  112
4. Barrio Affinities and the Diversity Problem  143
5. Brokering, or Gentrification by Another Name  183
Coda. Colorful Abstraction as Critique  218
Notes  227
Bibliography  271
Index

About the author

Johana LondoÑo is Assistant Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latino Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Summary

Johana Londoño examines how the barrio has become a cultural force that has been manipulated in order to create Latinized urban landscapes that are palatable for white Americans who view concentrated areas of Latinx populations as a threat.

Product details

• Authors: Johana Londo±o, Johana Londono, Johana Londoño
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781478009658
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0965-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, Bevölkerung und Demographie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban