Overview

The intricacies of living in contemporary Latin American cities include cases of both empowerment and restriction. In Lima, residents built their own homes and formed community organizations, while in Rio de Janeiro inhabitants of the favelas needed to be pacified in anticipation of international sporting events. Aspirations to get ahead in life abound in the region, but so do multiple limitations to realizing the dream of upward mobility. This volume captures the paradoxical histories and experiences of urban life in Latin America, offering new empirical and theoretical insights to scholars.

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Author:   Christien Klaufus ,  Arij Ouweneel
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   105
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781782387404

ISBN 10:   1782387404
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Preface Introduction: Taking up Residency: Spatial Reconfigurations and the Struggle to Belong in Urban Latin America Christien Klaufus PART I: THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT Chapter 1. The Consolidation of the Latin American City and the Changing Bases for Social Order Bryan R. Roberts Chapter 2. Proximity, Crime, Politics and Design: Medellin's Popular Neighbourhoods and the Experience of Belonging Gerard Martin and Marijke Martin PART II: FAMILY AND BELONGING IN CONSOLIDATED SETTELEMENTS Chapter 3. Debe Ser Esfuerzo Propio: Aspirations and Belongings of the Young Generation in the Old Barriadas of Southern Lima, Peru Michaela Hordijk Chapter 4. Housing Inheritance and Succession among Pioneer Squatters and Self Builders: A Mexican Case Study Erika Denisse Grajeda Chapter 5. 'Favela Modelo': A Study on Housing, Belonging and Civic Engagement in a 'Pacified' Favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Palloma Menezes PART III: SPACES OF THE URBAN MIDDLE CLASS Chapter 6. Housing Policy in the City of Buenos Aires: Some Reflections on the Programa Federal Fernando Ostuni and Jean-Louis Van Gelder Chapter 7. The Boom of High-Rise Apartment Buildings in Buenos Aires: New Spaces of Residentiality or a Motor of Disintegration? Jan Dohnke and Corinna Hoelzl Chapter 8. Living With Style in My Casa GEO: Large-scale Housing Conjuntos in Urban Mexico Cristina Inclan-Valadez PART IV: ARCHITECTURAL AND SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS Chapter 9. Illiterate Modernists: Tracking the Dissemination of Architectural Knowledge in Brazilian Favelas Fernando Luiz Lara Chapter 10. Towards Belonging: Design and Dwelling Practices in Santa Marta, Colombia Peter Kellett Chapter 11. (Re)Building the City of Medellin: Beyond State Rhetoric vs. Personal Experience - A Call for Consolidated Synergies Jota (Jose) Samper and Tamera Marko PART V: REFLECTIONS Chapter 12. Home and Belonging: Reflections From Urban Mexico Ann Varley Chapter 13. One Block at a Time: Performing the Neighbourhood Arij Ouweneel List of Contributors Index

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-I highly recommend this collection of essays; the volume offersmuch-needed insight into low-income communities that have often been portrayed as a stigma in LatinAmerican urbanism. In addition, the book represents a major contribution to the fields of anthropology, sociology, urban ethnography, human geography, architecture, and Latin American studies and the thoughtful way in which the concepts are analyzed offers a chance to rethink Latin American urbanism in a more critical way.- - Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology

<em> I highly recommend this collection of essays; the volume offersmuch-needed insight into low-income communities that have often been portrayed as a stigma in LatinAmerican urbanism. In addition, the book represents a major contribution to the fields of anthropology, sociology, urban ethnography, human geography, architecture, and Latin American studies and the thoughtful way in which the concepts are analyzed offers a chance to rethink Latin American urbanism in a more critical way. </em> <strong>- Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology</strong></p>

Author Information

Christien Klaufus is Assistant Professor of Human Geography at CEDLA. She is the author of Urban Residence: Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador (Berghahn Books 2012) and a number of scholarly articles on urbanization and cultural dynamics in Latin America.

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