Culture works space, value, and mobility across the neoliberal Americas

Description

Culture Works addresses and critiques an important dimension of the "work of culture", an argument made by enthusiasts of creative economies that culture contributes to the GDP, employment, social cohesion, and other forms of neoliberal development. While culture does make important contributions to national and urban economies, the incentives and benefits of participating in this economy are not distributed equally, due to restructuring that neoliberal policies have wrought from the 1980s on, as well as long-standing social structures, such as racism and classism, that breed inequal.;Ideologies of consumption and the business of shopping malls -- Authenticity and space in Puerto Rico's culture-based informal economy -- The battle for cultural equity in the global arts capital of the world -- The trials of building a national museum of the American Latino -- Through commerce, for community: Miguel Luciano's nuyorican interventions -- Tango tourism and the political economy of space -- Urban/creative expats: outsourcing lives in Buenos Aires -- Conclusion: the cultural politics of neoliberalism. Ideologies of consumption and the business of shopping malls -- Authenticity and space in Puerto Rico's culture-based informal economy -- The battle for cultural equity in the global arts capital of the world -- The trials of building a national museum of the American Latino -- Through commerce, for community: Miguel Luciano's nuyorican interventions -- Tango tourism and the political economy of space -- Urban/creative expats: outsourcing lives in Buenos Aires -- Conclusion: the cultural politics of neoliberalism.