Urban Legends : : The South Bronx in Representation and Ruin / / Peter L'Official.
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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Other title: | 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 -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674246515 9783110690057 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674246515 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Peter L'Official. |