num_pages: 192
description: This innovative study looks at the formation of ethnic and racial identities in relation to the development of urban culture. The concept of "urban space" provides the means of organization for comprehensive illustrations of a series of themes, including white paranoia and urban decline; imagined urban communities; urban crime and justice; the racialized underclass; globalization; and new ethnicities. Race and Urban Space in American Culture focuses on a wide range of contemporary film and literature (including works by African-American, Irish-American, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, and Iranian-American authors), and examines the ways in which representations of urban space define issues of rights, community and citizenship.
language: English
title: Race and Urban Space in Contemporary American Culture
titlecomplete: Race and Urban Space in Contemporary American Culture
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Routledge