{"product_id":"abstract-barrios-johana-londoo-9781478009658","title":"Abstract Barrios: The Crises of Latinx Visibility in Cities","description":"In \u003ci\u003eAbstract Barrios\u003c\/i\u003e Johana Londo o examines how Latinized urban landscapes are made palatable for white Americans. Such Latinized urban landscapes, she observes, especially appear when whites feel threatened by concentrations of Latinx populations, commonly known as barrios. Drawing on archival research, interviews, and visual analysis of barrio built environments, Londo o shows how over the past seventy years urban planners, architects, designers, policy makers, business owners, and other brokers took abstracted elements from barrio design--such as spatial layouts or bright colors--to safely \"Latinize\" cities and manage a long-standing urban crisis of Latinx belonging. The built environments that resulted ranged from idealized notions of authentic Puerto Rican culture in the interior design of New York City's public housing in the 1950s, which sought to diminish concerns over Puerto Rican settlement, to the Fiesta Marketplace in downtown Santa Ana, California, built to counteract white flight in the 1980s. Ultimately, Londo o demonstrates that abstracted barrio culture and aesthetics sustain the economic and cultural viability of normalized, white, and middle-class urban spaces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johana Londo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478009659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478009658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Johana Londo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941147803903,"sku":"9781478009658","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5f0d03e7-4fec-47b0-a26c-cea61ca174b0.jpg?v=1681451191","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/abstract-barrios-johana-londoo-9781478009658","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}