Selling EthniCity - Urban Cultural Politics in the Americas (Hardcover, New Ed)

Bringing together a multidisciplinary team of scholars, this book explores the importance of ethnicity and cultural economy in the post-Fordist city in the Americas. It argues that cultural, political and economic elites make use of cultural and ethnic elements in city planning and architecture in order to construct a unique image of a particular city and demonstrates how the use of ethnicized cultural production - such as urban branding based on local identities - by the economic elite raises issues of considerable concern in terms of local identities, as it deploys a practical logic of capital exchange that can overcome forms of cultural resistance and strengthen the hegemonic colonization of everyday life. At the same time, it shows how ethnic communities are able to use ethnic labelling of cultural production, ethnic economy or ethno-tourism facilities in order to change living conditions and to empower its members in ways previously impossible. Of wide ranging interest across academic disciplines, this book will be a useful contribution to Inter-American studies.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	2011
Editors:	Olaf Kaltmeier
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	306
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-4094-1037-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	1-4094-1037-4
Barcode:	9781409410379

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