Title City in common : culture and community in Buenos Aires / James Scorer

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture. Contents The city in common -- Dictatorship, exclusion and remembering in common -- Surviving the city in post-dictatorship Argentine comics -- Neoliberal urbanism : anticommons in common -- Neighbors and strangers in Gran Buenos Aires -- Transforming the commons, recycling the city -- Shantytowns : beyond the pale? -- Epilogue -- Filmography Summary "Addresses ways that cultural imaginaries point toward alternative urban futures. In this book James Scorer argues that culture remains a force for imagining inclusive urban futures based around what inhabitants of the city have in common. Using Buenos Aires as his case study, Scorer takes the urban commons to be those aspects of the city that are shared and used by its various communities. Exploring a hugely diverse set of works, including literature, film, and comics, and engaging with urban theory, political philosophy, and Latin American cultural studies, City in Common paints a portrait of the city caught between opposing forces. Scorer seeks out alternatives to the current trend in analysis of urban culture to read Buenos Aires purely through the lens of segregation, division, and enclosure. Instead, he argues that urban imaginaries can and often do offer visions of more open communities and more inclusive urban futures"--Publisher's website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject City and town life -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Commons -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Community life -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Politics and culture -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Dictatorship -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Neoliberalism -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. City and town life Commons Community life Intellectual life Manners and customs Politics and culture Politics and government Social conditions SUBJECT Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Social life and customs Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Social conditions Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Intellectual life Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Politics and government Subject Argentina -- Buenos Aires Form Electronic book LC no. 2015020844 ISBN 9781438460581 1438460589

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