Jim Crow nostalgia [[electronic resource] ] : reconstructing race in Bronzeville / / Michelle R. Boyd
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| Autore: |
Boyd Michelle R
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| Titolo: |
Jim Crow nostalgia [[electronic resource] ] : reconstructing race in Bronzeville / / Michelle R. Boyd
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.8009773/11 |
| 305.896073077311 | |
| Soggetto topico: | African American leadership - Illinois - Chicago - History |
| African Americans - Race identity - Illinois - Chicago | |
| African Americans - Segregation - Illinois - Chicago - History | |
| African Americans - Illinois - Chicago - Politics and government | |
| Community life - Illinois - Chicago - History | |
| Nostalgia - Political aspects - Illinois - Chicago | |
| Nostalgia - Social aspects - Illinois - Chicago | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) Politics and government |
| Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) Social conditions | |
| Chicago (Ill.) Race relations | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-189) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: Race, nostalgia, and neighborhood redevelopment -- The way we were : political accommodation and neighborhood change, 1870-1950 -- When we were colored : Black civic leadership and the birth of nostalgia, 1950-1990 -- Back to the future : marketing the race for neighborhood development -- Ties and chitlins : political legitimacy and racial authentication -- We're all in this mess together : identity and the framing of racial agendas -- Conclusion: Nostalgia and identity in the twenty-first century. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In the Jim Crow era of the early twentieth century, Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on the city's South Side was a major center of African American cultural vitality and a destination for thousands of Southern blacks seeking new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration. After decades of decline, the 1980's saw several community organizations in the neighborhood collaborating on a revitalization plan called "Restoring Bronzeville," envisioning an idealized version of the neighborhood as it had thrived during segregation. Opening with a description by a Bronzeville tour guide... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Jim Crow nostalgia |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-5645-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808678303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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