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Housing and Belonging in Latin America / ed. by Arij Ouweneel, Christien Klaufus.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: CEDLA Latin America Studies ; 105Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781782387404
  • 9781782387411
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.1216098 23
LOC classification:
  • HT169.L3 H68 2015
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction. Taking up Residency: Spatial Reconfigurations and the Struggle to Belong in Urban Latin America -- Part I The Latin American Context -- 1 The Consolidation of the Latin American City and the Changing Bases for Social Order -- 2 Proximity, Crime, Politics and Design: Medellín’s Popular Neighbourhoods and the Experience of Belonging -- Part II Family and Belonging in Consolidated Settlements -- 3 Debe Ser Esfuerzo Propio: Aspirations and Belongings of the Young Generation in the Old Barriadas of Southern Lima, Peru -- 4 On Housing, Inheritance and Succession Among Pioneer Squatters and Self Builders: A Mexican Case Study -- 5 Favela Modelo: A Study on Housing, Belonging and Civic Engagement in a ‘Pacified’ Favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Part III Spaces of the Urban Middle Class -- 6 Housing Policy in the City of Buenos Aires: Some Reflections on the Programa Federal -- 7 The Boom of High-rise Apartment Buildings in Buenos Aires: New Spaces of Residentiality or a Motor of Disintegration? -- 8 Living With Style in My Casa GEO: Large-scale Housing Conjuntos in Urban Mexico -- Part IV Architectural and Spatial Representations -- 9 Illiterate Modernists: Tracking the Dissemination of Architectural Knowledge in Brazilian Favelas -- 10 Towards Belonging: Informal Design and Dwelling Practices in Northern Colombia -- 11 (Re)Building the City of Medellín: Beyond State Rhetoric vs. Personal Experience – A Call for Consolidated Synergies -- Part V Reflections -- 12 Home and Belonging: Reflections from Urban Mexico -- 13 One Block at a Time: Performing the Neighbourhood -- List of Contributors -- Index
Summary: 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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction. Taking up Residency: Spatial Reconfigurations and the Struggle to Belong in Urban Latin America -- Part I The Latin American Context -- 1 The Consolidation of the Latin American City and the Changing Bases for Social Order -- 2 Proximity, Crime, Politics and Design: Medellín’s Popular Neighbourhoods and the Experience of Belonging -- Part II Family and Belonging in Consolidated Settlements -- 3 Debe Ser Esfuerzo Propio: Aspirations and Belongings of the Young Generation in the Old Barriadas of Southern Lima, Peru -- 4 On Housing, Inheritance and Succession Among Pioneer Squatters and Self Builders: A Mexican Case Study -- 5 Favela Modelo: A Study on Housing, Belonging and Civic Engagement in a ‘Pacified’ Favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Part III Spaces of the Urban Middle Class -- 6 Housing Policy in the City of Buenos Aires: Some Reflections on the Programa Federal -- 7 The Boom of High-rise Apartment Buildings in Buenos Aires: New Spaces of Residentiality or a Motor of Disintegration? -- 8 Living With Style in My Casa GEO: Large-scale Housing Conjuntos in Urban Mexico -- Part IV Architectural and Spatial Representations -- 9 Illiterate Modernists: Tracking the Dissemination of Architectural Knowledge in Brazilian Favelas -- 10 Towards Belonging: Informal Design and Dwelling Practices in Northern Colombia -- 11 (Re)Building the City of Medellín: Beyond State Rhetoric vs. Personal Experience – A Call for Consolidated Synergies -- Part V Reflections -- 12 Home and Belonging: Reflections from Urban Mexico -- 13 One Block at a Time: Performing the Neighbourhood -- List of Contributors -- Index

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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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