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Selling The Lower East Side: Culture, Real Estate, And Resistance In New York City,New
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Tracks The Shifting Views Of The Lower East Side From Ghetto To Desirable Urban Niche.The Lower East Side Of Manhattan Is Rich In Storiesof 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 Termed The 'East Village.' Today, The Musical Rent Plays On Broadway To A Mostly White And Suburban Audience, Mtv Exploits The Neighborhoods Newly Trendy Squalor In A Film Promotion, And On The Internet A Cyber Soap Opera And Travelrelated 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 Nineteenthcentury 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 Citys Elite And Middle Classes. The Resultingand Ongoingstruggle 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 Areas Characteristicsanalyzing 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.
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