Description: Bringing together a multidisciplinary team of scholars, this book explores the importance of ethnicity and cultural economy in the post-Fordist city in the Americas. The work argues that cultural, political and economic elites make use of cultural and ethnic elements in city planning and architecture in order to construct a unique image of a particular city. It also shows how, simultaneously, ethnic communities can benefit from ethnic labelling of cultural production.
Review Quotes: 'Selling EthniCity is a very important contribution to the fledgling field of Inter-American studies. Combining experts from a wide range of disciplines the book offers new insights into the way ethnicity impacts upon urban life in the contemporary Americas. This is a must-read.' Stefan Rinke, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 'This is an important and original collection that deconstructs urban socio-geographic categories such as gentrification, cultural heritage and ethnic identity. The editor has done an excellent job in choreographing a set of critical re-evaluations of public space, ethnic authenticity and commodification in a globalizing world aided by case studies that cut across the Americas, from the US and Canada to Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia.' Lawrence A. Herzog, San Diego State University, USA