LEADER 03638nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910807824203321 005 20240417033935.0 010 $a0-7914-7731-2 010 $a1-4356-9574-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780791477311 035 $a(CKB)1000000000706017 035 $a(OCoLC)299174263 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575977 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122648 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135337 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122648 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130678 035 $a(PQKB)10308891 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407550 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407550 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575977 035 $a(OCoLC)923406379 035 $a(DE-B1597)682311 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791477311 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000706017 100 $a20080208d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCity of rhetoric$b[electronic resource] $erevitalizing the public sphere in metropolitan America /$fDavid Fleming 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cSUNY Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (348 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-7649-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-305) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : death corner -- The placelessness of political theory -- A new civic map for our time -- Ghetto : Chicago, 1995 -- Suburbia : Schaumburg, Illinois -- The new urbanism : North Town Village -- Home : 1230 North Burling Street -- Toward a new sociospatial dialectic -- Cities of rhetoric. 330 $aCombining a detailed case study of Chicago's Cabrini Green urban revitalization project with the concerns of modern political philosophy and rhetorical education, David Fleming examines the relationship between public discourse and the built environment in the contemporary United States. For more than half a century, low-income African American residents of the Cabrini Green public housing project have struggled against the extreme spatial inequality of their metropolitan region. The author examines three different options considered as part of revitalization efforts for the neighborhood: the dispersal of the project's residents into the largely white suburbs of Chicago; the building of a low-rise, mixed-income "urban village" on the same site; and the conversion of one of the original buildings into a democratically governed, not-for-profit housing cooperative.The author argues that each of these projects involves imagining the physical, socioeconomic, and rhetorical community of the contemporary city in dramatically different ways. Considered together, the projects provide evidence that places still matter in human flourishing, but show that the places of our contemporary landscape are unequal in resources and opportunities, and that our public philosophies support this inequality. Fleming reminds us, however, that these arrangements are plastic and can be redesigned to reflect a more equitable sharing of public problems and resources. 606 $aUrban renewal$zIllinois$zChicago 606 $aCommunity development, Urban$zIllinois$zChicago 606 $aInner cities$zIllinois$zChicago 615 0$aUrban renewal 615 0$aCommunity development, Urban 615 0$aInner cities 676 $a307.3/4160977311 700 $aFleming$b David$f1961-$01681008 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807824203321 996 $aCity of rhetoric$94050131 997 $aUNINA