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  1. Urban legends
    the South Bronx in representation and ruin
    Author: L'Official, Peter
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London

    "For decades, the South Bronx was America's "inner city." Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in... more

    Location:
    Historisches Institut, Abteilung für Nordamerikanische Geschichte, Bibliothek
    Signature:
    422/974.72LOf/Urb
    Inter-library loan:
    No inter-library loan

     

    "For decades, the South Bronx was America's "inner city." Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in them. Images of its ruins-none more infamous than the one broadcast live during the 1977 World Series: a building burning near Yankee Stadium-proclaimed the failures of urbanism. Yet this same South Bronx produced hip hop, arguably the most powerful artistic and cultural innovation of the past fifty years. Two narratives-urban crisis and cultural renaissance-have dominated understandings of the Bronx and other urban environments. Today, as gentrification transforms American cities economically and demographically, the twin narratives structure our thinking about urban life. A Bronx native, Peter L'Official draws on literature and the visual arts to recapture the history, people, and place beyond its myths and legends. Both fact and symbol, the Bronx was not a decades-long funeral pyre, nor was hip hop its lone cultural contribution. L'Official juxtaposes the artist Gordon Matta-Clark's carvings of abandoned buildings with the city's trompe l'oeil decals program; examines the centrality of the Bronx's infamous Charlotte Street to two Hollywood films; offers original readings of novels by Don DeLillo and Tom Wolfe; and charts the emergence of a "global Bronx" as graffiti was brought into galleries and exhibited internationally, promoting a symbolic Bronx abroad. Urban Legends presents a new cultural history of what it meant to live, work, and create in the Bronx"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780674238077
    Other identifier:
    9780674238077
    RVK Categories: HU 1544 ; HU 1544
    Subjects: New York- Bronx <Motiv>; Moderne Sage
    Other subjects: Urban folklore / New York (State) / New York; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) / Civilization / 20th century; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) / In art; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) / Social life and customs
    Scope: 310 Seiten, Illustrationen, 25 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  2. Urban legends
    the South Bronx in representation and ruin
    Author: L'Official, Peter
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    For decades, the South Bronx was America's "inner city." Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in... more

    Location:
    Universität Mainz, Bereichsbibliothek Georg Forster-Gebäude / USA-Bibliothek
    Signature:
    974.7275 LOF
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    For decades, the South Bronx was America's "inner city." Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in them. Images of its ruins-none more infamous than the one broadcast live during the 1977 World Series: a building burning near Yankee Stadium-proclaimed the failures of urbanism. Yet this same South Bronx produced hip hop, arguably the most powerful artistic and cultural innovation of the past fifty years. Two narratives-urban crisis and cultural renaissance-have dominated understandings of the Bronx and other urban environments. Today, as gentrification transforms American cities economically and demographically, the twin narratives structure our thinking about urban life. A Bronx native, Peter L'Official draws on literature and the visual arts to recapture the history, people, and place beyond its myths and legends. Both fact and symbol, the Bronx was not a decades-long funeral pyre, nor was hip hop its lone cultural contribution. L'Official juxtaposes the artist Gordon Matta-Clark's carvings of abandoned buildings with the city's trompe l'oeil decals program; examines the centrality of the Bronx's infamous Charlotte Street to two Hollywood films; offers original readings of novels by Don DeLillo and Tom Wolfe; and charts the emergence of a "global Bronx" as graffiti was brought into galleries and exhibited internationally, promoting a symbolic Bronx abroad. Urban Legends presents a new cultural history of what it meant to live, work, and create in the Bronx.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780674238077
    RVK Categories: NR 9160
    Edition: First printing
    Subjects: New York- Bronx <Motiv>
    Scope: 310 Seiten, Illustrationen, 25 cm
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  3. Urban legends
    the South Bronx in representation and ruin
    Author: L'Official, Peter
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London

    "For decades, the South Bronx was America's "inner city." Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in... more

    Location:
    Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, Hauptabteilung
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "For decades, the South Bronx was America's "inner city." Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in them. Images of its ruins-none more infamous than the one broadcast live during the 1977 World Series: a building burning near Yankee Stadium-proclaimed the failures of urbanism. Yet this same South Bronx produced hip hop, arguably the most powerful artistic and cultural innovation of the past fifty years. Two narratives-urban crisis and cultural renaissance-have dominated understandings of the Bronx and other urban environments. Today, as gentrification transforms American cities economically and demographically, the twin narratives structure our thinking about urban life. A Bronx native, Peter L'Official draws on literature and the visual arts to recapture the history, people, and place beyond its myths and legends. Both fact and symbol, the Bronx was not a decades-long funeral pyre, nor was hip hop its lone cultural contribution. L'Official juxtaposes the artist Gordon Matta-Clark's carvings of abandoned buildings with the city's trompe l'oeil decals program; examines the centrality of the Bronx's infamous Charlotte Street to two Hollywood films; offers original readings of novels by Don DeLillo and Tom Wolfe; and charts the emergence of a "global Bronx" as graffiti was brought into galleries and exhibited internationally, promoting a symbolic Bronx abroad. Urban Legends presents a new cultural history of what it meant to live, work, and create in the Bronx"--

     
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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780674238077
    Other identifier:
    9780674238077
    RVK Categories: HU 1544 ; HU 1544
    Subjects: Urban folklore / New York (State) / New York
    Scope: 310 Seiten, Illustrationen, 25 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index