"Davila's keen insights into the politics of marketing ethnicity,
community marginalization and class divisions cuts through
neo-liberal postures to glaringly reveal the real issue - who will
construct (and control) East Harlem's future? Well versed in the
scholarship, Davila has produced a book that is essential for
understanding the increasingly important role and aspirations of
Puerto Rican and Latino communities in New York's
history."--Virginia Sanchez Korrol, author of "From Colonia to
Community: The History of Puerto Ricans in New York City
"Providing an expansive ethnographic portal into New York's
famous 'El Barrio, ' Davila documents the ways in which the
neighborhood's Latino cultures can be commodified as a magnet for
gentrification as well as providing an obstacle to it. An absorbing
read providing a unique contemporary perspective on East
Harlem."--Neil Smith, author of "American Empire: Roosevelt's
Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization
"Unlike most ethnographers of the urban poor in search of
authentic street experience, Davila gives us an ethnography of
power. With rich insights and sensitivity, she documents the
pitched battles between developers, politicians, long-time
residents, newcomers, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and African
Americans over space, gentrification and cultural representation in
East Harlem. Davila peels back the many layers of local stories in
order to reveal a complex, national story of resistance against
urban neoliberalism."--Robin D. G. Kelley, author of "Freedom
Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
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