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Abstract Barrios: The Crises of Latinx Visibility in Cities
Contributor(s): Londoņo, Johana (Author)

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ISBN: 1478008792     ISBN-13: 9781478008798
Publisher: Duke University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies
- Social Science | Sociology - Urban
Dewey: 305.868
LCCN: 2019054731
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.90 lbs) 328 pages
 
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In Abstract Barrios Johana Londo o 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, Londo o 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, Londo o demonstrates that abstracted barrio culture and aesthetics sustain the economic and cultural viability of normalized, white, and middle-class urban spaces.
 
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