The Philadelphia Barrio: The Arts, Branding, and Neighborhood Transformation

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University of Chicago Press, 1 ÁÔ.Â. 2011 - 208 ˹éÒ

How does a so-called bad neighborhood go about changing its reputation? Is it simply a matter of improving material conditions or picking the savviest marketing strategy? What kind of role can or should the arts play in that process? Does gentrification always entail a betrayal of a neighborhood’s roots? Tackling these questions and offering a fresh take on the dynamics of urban revitalization, The Philadelphia Barrio examines one neighborhood’s fight to erase the stigma of devastation.

Frederick F. Wherry shows how, in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Centro de Oro, entrepreneurs and community leaders forged connections between local businesses and cultural institutions to rebrand a place once nicknamed the Badlands. Artists and performers negotiated with government organizations and national foundations, Wherry reveals, and took to local galleries, stages, storefronts, and street parades in a concerted, canny effort to reanimate the spirit of their neighborhood.

Complicating our notions of neighborhood change by exploring the ways the process is driven by local residents, The Philadelphia Barrio presents a nuanced look at how city dwellers can make commercial interests serve the local culture, rather than exploit it.

 

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Culture at Work The Arts Branding and Neighborhood Transformation
1
Latin Soul Latin Flavor Performing the Authenticity of Place
22
The Art World of the Barrio Sources of Attraction and Motivation
48
Ringing the Registers Entrepreneurial Dreams
72
Stigma Status and Staging The History of a Reputation
94
Character on Parade Cultural Constraints on Neighborhood Branding
113
Redemption and Revitalization in the Barrio A Tentative Conclusion
134
Telling it Like it Was Methods and Data
147
Notes
169
Works Cited
181
Index
189
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Frederick F. Wherry is associate professor of sociology at the University of Michigan and the author of Global Markets and Local Crafts: Thailand and Costa Rica Compared.

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