Ghetto Contemporary Global Issues and Controversies

Name: Ghetto Contemporary Global Issues and Controversies
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ISBN: 9780813345031

ISBN-10: 0813345030

ISBN-13: 9780813345031

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ray Hutchison, Bruce D. Haynes

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Despite strongly contested meanings, the term #x1C;ghetto#x1D; continues to be used as descriptor (of physical space) and as an analytical concept (to explain observed outcomes). Too often it is assumed that African American or inner city communities are ghettos. But what is a ghetto? Does it arise organically from cities, or is it a consequence of social conflict and government policy? Is the term an offensive oversimplification of social exclusion? Are the favelas, shantytowns, and slums of Europe, South America, and other continents similar to the American ghetto? The Ghettoinvites us to reexamine our assumptions by addressing these and other critical questions. This book brings together…

Book details

List price: $72.70
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 8/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 386
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction




A Janus-Faced Institution of Ethnoracial Closure: A Sociological Specification of the Ghetto




De-spatialization and Dilution of the Ghetto: Current Trends in the United States




Toward Knowing the Iconic Ghetto




You Just Don't Go Down There":Learning to Avoid the Ghetto in San Francisco




In Terms of Harlem




The Spike Lee Effect: Reimagining the Ghetto for Cultural Consumption




Places of Stigma: Ghettos, Barrios, and Banlieues




On the Absence of Ghettos in Latin American Cities




Divided Cities: Rethinking the Ghetto in Light of the Brazilian Favela




Demonstrations at Work: Some Notes from Urban Africa




From Refuge the Ghetto Is Born: Contemporary Figures of Heterotopias




Where Is the Chicago Ghetto?



About the contributors


Index