The Resource The folklore of the freeway : race and revolt in the modernist city, Eric Avila
The folklore of the freeway : race and revolt in the modernist city, Eric Avila
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- Summary
- " When the interstate highway program connected America's cities, it also divided them, cutting through and destroying countless communities. Affluent and predominantly white residents fought back in a much heralded "freeway revolt," saving such historic neighborhoods as Greenwich Village and New Orleans's French Quarter. This book tells of the other revolt, a movement of creative opposition, commemoration, and preservation staged on behalf of the mostly minority urban neighborhoods that lacked the political and economic power to resist the onslaught of highway construction.Within the context of the larger historical forces of the 1960s and 1970s, Eric Avila maps the creative strategies devised by urban communities to document and protest the damage that highways wrought. The works of Chicanas and other women of color--from the commemorative poetry of Patricia Preciado Martin and Lorna Dee Cervantes to the fiction of Helena Maria Viramontes to the underpass murals of Judy Baca--expose highway construction as not only a racist but also a sexist enterprise. In colorful paintings, East Los Angeles artists such as David Botello, Carlos Almaraz, and Frank Romero satirize, criticize, and aestheticize the structure of the freeway. Local artists paint murals on the concrete piers of a highway interchange in San Diego's Chicano Park. The Rondo Days Festival in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Black Archives, History, and Research Foundation in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami preserve and celebrate the memories of historic African American communities lost to the freeway.Bringing such efforts to the fore in the story of the freeway revolt, The Folklore of the Freeway moves beyond a simplistic narrative of victimization. Losers, perhaps, in their fight against the freeway, the diverse communities at the center of the book nonetheless generate powerful cultural forces that shape our understanding of the urban landscape and influence the shifting priorities of contemporary urban policy. "--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 228 pages
- Contents
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- Preface
- Introduction: The Invisible Freeway Revolt
- 1. The Master's Plan: The Rise and Fall of the Modernist City
- 2. "Nobody But a Bunch of Mothers": Fighting the Highwaymen During Feminism's Second Wave
- 3. Communities Lost and Found: The Politics of Historical Memory
- 4. A Matter of Perspective: The Racial Politics of Seeing the Freeway
- 5. Taking Back the Freeway: Strategies of Adaptation and Improvisation
- Conclusion: Identity Politics in Post-Interstate America
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780816680726
- Label
- The folklore of the freeway : race and revolt in the modernist city
- Title
- The folklore of the freeway
- Title remainder
- race and revolt in the modernist city
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Avila
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- " When the interstate highway program connected America's cities, it also divided them, cutting through and destroying countless communities. Affluent and predominantly white residents fought back in a much heralded "freeway revolt," saving such historic neighborhoods as Greenwich Village and New Orleans's French Quarter. This book tells of the other revolt, a movement of creative opposition, commemoration, and preservation staged on behalf of the mostly minority urban neighborhoods that lacked the political and economic power to resist the onslaught of highway construction.Within the context of the larger historical forces of the 1960s and 1970s, Eric Avila maps the creative strategies devised by urban communities to document and protest the damage that highways wrought. The works of Chicanas and other women of color--from the commemorative poetry of Patricia Preciado Martin and Lorna Dee Cervantes to the fiction of Helena Maria Viramontes to the underpass murals of Judy Baca--expose highway construction as not only a racist but also a sexist enterprise. In colorful paintings, East Los Angeles artists such as David Botello, Carlos Almaraz, and Frank Romero satirize, criticize, and aestheticize the structure of the freeway. Local artists paint murals on the concrete piers of a highway interchange in San Diego's Chicano Park. The Rondo Days Festival in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Black Archives, History, and Research Foundation in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami preserve and celebrate the memories of historic African American communities lost to the freeway.Bringing such efforts to the fore in the story of the freeway revolt, The Folklore of the Freeway moves beyond a simplistic narrative of victimization. Losers, perhaps, in their fight against the freeway, the diverse communities at the center of the book nonetheless generate powerful cultural forces that shape our understanding of the urban landscape and influence the shifting priorities of contemporary urban policy. "--
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- 1968-
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- Avila, Eric
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HE355.3.E94
- LC item number
- A95 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- A quadrant book
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Express highways
- City planning
- ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
- ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
- City planning
- Express highways
- United States
- Label
- The folklore of the freeway : race and revolt in the modernist city, Eric Avila
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-221) and index
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- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction: The Invisible Freeway Revolt -- 1. The Master's Plan: The Rise and Fall of the Modernist City -- 2. "Nobody But a Bunch of Mothers": Fighting the Highwaymen During Feminism's Second Wave -- 3. Communities Lost and Found: The Politics of Historical Memory -- 4. A Matter of Perspective: The Racial Politics of Seeing the Freeway -- 5. Taking Back the Freeway: Strategies of Adaptation and Improvisation -- Conclusion: Identity Politics in Post-Interstate America -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
- Control code
- 863200113
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xi, 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9780816680726
- Lccn
- 2014001571
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)863200113
- Label
- The folklore of the freeway : race and revolt in the modernist city, Eric Avila
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-221) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction: The Invisible Freeway Revolt -- 1. The Master's Plan: The Rise and Fall of the Modernist City -- 2. "Nobody But a Bunch of Mothers": Fighting the Highwaymen During Feminism's Second Wave -- 3. Communities Lost and Found: The Politics of Historical Memory -- 4. A Matter of Perspective: The Racial Politics of Seeing the Freeway -- 5. Taking Back the Freeway: Strategies of Adaptation and Improvisation -- Conclusion: Identity Politics in Post-Interstate America -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
- Control code
- 863200113
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xi, 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9780816680726
- Lccn
- 2014001571
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)863200113
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