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Urban Legends : The South Bronx in Representation and Ruin
Author
Title
Urban Legends : The South Bronx in Representation and Ruin / Peter L'Official.
ISBN
9780674246515
Publication
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (288 p.)
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In English.
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Summary
Since the 1960s the South Bronx has been reduced to an archetype of the "inner city," the exemplar of urban decay and of the cultural renaissance produced by hip hop. Peter L'Official turns to literature and visual arts to capture the history of a place whose truth lay obscured between the Bronx as symbol and the Bronx as lived fact.
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De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2020.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2022
Contents
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: WHEN LEGEND BECOMES FACT
1. THE LONE TENEMENT
2. PERCEPTION IS REALITY
3. DEATH AND TAXES
4. A GLOBAL BRONX
5. SOUTH BRONX SURREAL
6. THE PARANOID STYLE OF SOUTH BRONX FILM
CONCLUSION: THE RIVER IS DEEP
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