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- Condition
- Topic
- Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Economic Conditions, Sociology / Urban
- ISBN
- 9780816631827
- Book Title
- Selling the Lower East : Culture, Real Estate, and Resistance in New York City
- Book Series
- Globalization and Community Ser.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
- Item Weight
- 18.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816631824
ISBN-13
9780816631827
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1662129
Product Key Features
Book Title
Selling the Lower East : Culture, Real Estate, and Resistance in New York City
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Economic Conditions, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Book Series
Globalization and Community Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
99-057397
Dewey Edition
21
Series Volume Number
5
Dewey Decimal
307.3/416/097471
Synopsis
The Lower East Side of Manhattan is rich in stories -- of poor immigrants who flocked there in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; of beatniks, hippies, and artists who peopled it midcentury; and of the real estate developers and politicians who have always shaped what is now called the "East Village." Today, the real estate industry exploits images of trendy squalor presented on Broadway, in films, and in other media to lure members of the middle class to enjoy a commodified, sanitized version of the neighborhood., Tracks the shifting views of the Lower East Side from ghetto to desirable urban niche. The Lower East Side of Manhattan is rich in stories-of poor immigrants who flocked there in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; of beatniks, hippies, and artists who peopled it mid-century; and of the real estate developers and politicians who have always shaped what is now termed the "East Village." Today, the musical Rent plays on Broadway to a mostly white and suburban audience, MTV exploits the neighborhood's newly trendy squalor in a film promotion, and on the Internet a cyber soap opera and travel-related Web pages lure members of the middle class to enjoy a commodified and sanitized version of the neighborhood. In this sweeping account, Christopher Mele analyzes the political and cultural forces that have influenced the development of this distinctive community. He describes late nineteenth-century notions of the Lower East Side as a place of entrenched poverty, ethnic plurality, political activism, and "low" culture that elicited feelings of revulsion and fear among the city's elite and middle classes. The resulting-and ongoing-struggle between government and residents over affordable and decent housing has in turn affected real estate practices and urban development policies. Selling the Lower East Side recounts the resistance tactics used by community residents, as well as the impulse on the part of some to perpetuate the image of the neighborhood as dangerous, romantic, and bohemian, clinging to the marginality that has been central to the identity of the East Village and subverting attempts to portray it as "new and improved." Ironically, this very image of urban grittiness has been appropriated by a cultural marketplace hungry for new fodder. Mele explores the ways that developers, media executives, and others have coopted the area's characteristics-analyzing the East Village as a "style provider" where what is being marketed is "difference." The result is a visionary look at how political and economic actions transform neighborhoods and at what happens when a neighborhood is what is being "consumed."A comprehensive web site for Selling the Lower East Side can be found at www.upress.umn.edu/sles., Tracks the shifting views of the Lower East Side from ghetto to desirable urban niche. The Lower East Side of Manhattan is rich in stories-of poor immigrants who flocked there in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; of beatniks, hippies, and artists who peopled it mid-century; and of the real estate developers and politicians who have always shaped what is now termed the "East Village." Today, the musical Rent plays on Broadway to a mostly white and suburban audience, MTV exploits the neighborhood's newly trendy squalor in a film promotion, and on the Internet a cyber soap opera and travel-related Web pages lure members of the middle class to enjoy a commodified and sanitized version of the neighborhood. In this sweeping account, Christopher Mele analyzes the political and cultural forces that have influenced the development of this distinctive community. He describes late nineteenth-century notions of the Lower East Side as a place of entrenched poverty, ethnic plurality, political activism, and "low" culture that elicited feelings of revulsion and fear among the city's elite and middle classes. The resulting-and ongoing-struggle between government and residents over affordable and decent housing has in turn affected real estate practices and urban development policies. Selling the Lower East Side recounts the resistance tactics used by community residents, as well as the impulse on the part of some to perpetuate the image of the neighborhood as dangerous, romantic, and bohemian, clinging to the marginality that has been central to the identity of the East Village and subverting attempts to portray it as "new and improved." Ironically, this very image of urban grittiness has been appropriated by a cultural marketplace hungry for new fodder. Mele explores the ways that developers, media executives, and others have coopted the area's characteristics-analyzing the East Village as a "style provider" where what is being marketed is "difference." The result is a visionary look at how political and economic actions transform neighborhoods and at what happens when a neighborhood is what is being "consumed." A comprehensive web site for Selling the Lower East Side can be found at www.upress.umn.edu/sles.
LC Classification Number
HT177.N5M45 2000
Copyright Date
2000
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