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

by Arlene Dávila and Arlene Davila

Book Overview

Arlene D vila 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520240936
• ISBN13: 9780520240933
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"