City of Rhetoric

David Fleming

Description

Combining a detailed case study of Chicago's Cabrini Green urban revitalization project with the concerns of modern political philosophy and rhetorical education, David Fleming examines the relationship between public discourse and the built environment in the contemporary United States. For more than half a century, low-income African American residents of the Cabrini Green public housing project have struggled against the extreme spatial inequality of their metropolitan region. The author examines three different options considered as part of revitalization efforts for the neighborhood: the dispersal of the project's residents into the largely white suburbs of Chicago; the building of a low-rise, mixed-income "urban village" on the same site; and the conversion of one of the original buildings into a democratically governed, not-for-profit housing cooperative.

The author argues that each of these projects involves imagining the physical, socioeconomic, and rhetorical community of the contemporary city in dramatically different ways. Considered together, the projects provide evidence that places still matter in human flourishing, but show that the places of our contemporary landscape are unequal in resources and opportunities, and that our public philosophies support this inequality. Fleming reminds us, however, that these arrangements are plastic and can be redesigned to reflect a more equitable sharing of public problems and resources.
List of Illustrations
Preface

1. Introduction: Death Corner

Part One The Geography of Politics

2. The Placelessness of Political Theory
3. A New Civic Map for Our Time

Part Two Designing the Twenty-fi rst Century Public Sphere

4. Ghetto: Chicago, 1995
5. Suburbia: Schaumburg, Illinois
6. The New Urbanism: North Town Village
7. Home: 1230 North Burling Street

Part Three Lessons for Theory and Practice

8. Toward a New Sociospatial Dialectic
9. Cities of Rhetoric
10. Afterword

 Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• Discourse analysis
• Stylistics
• Semantics
• Monument

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 22 octobre 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791477311
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Cityof Rhetoric

Revitalizing the Public Sphere in Metropolitan America

DAVIDFLEMING

Cîty of Rhetorîc

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Cîty of Rhetorîc

Revîtaîzîng the Pubîc Sphere în Metropoîtan Amerîca

DAVID FLEMING

Cover îmage: Drawîng (aerîa vîew) of North Town Vîage, Chîcago, IL, 2000, by Henry Goud. Reproduced by permîssîon of Hosten Rea Estate Deveopment Corporatîon.

Pubîshed by State Unîversîty of New York Press, Abany

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Femîng, Davîd, 1961–  Cîty of rhetorîc : revîtaîzîng the pubîc sphere în metropoîtan Amerîca / Davîd Femîng.  p. cm.  Incudes bîbîographîca references and îndex.  ISBN 978-0-7914-7649-9 (hardcover : ak. paper)  1. Urban renewa—Iînoîs—Chîcago. 2. Communîty deveopment, Urban— Iînoîs—Chîcago. 3. Inner cîtîes—Iînoîs—Chîcago. I. Tîte.

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One

Part One Two Three

Part Two Four Fîve Sîx Seven

Part Three Eîght Nîne

Ten

Contents

Lîst of Iustratîons

Preface

Introductîon: Death Corner

The Geography of PolItIcs The Paceessness of Poîtîca Theory A New Cîvîc Map for Our Tîme

DesIgnIng the Twenty-irst Century PublIc Sphere Ghetto: Chîcago, 1995 Suburbîa: Schaumburg, Iînoîs The New Urbanîsm: North Town Vîage Home: 1230 North Burîng Street

Lessons for Theory and PractIce Toward a New Socîospatîa Dîaectîc Cîtîes of Rhetorîc

Afterword

Acknowedgments Appendîx Notes Bîbîography Index

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Map of Chîcago Housîng Authorîty Famîy Projects, 1985 Map of Chîcago Regîon (Centra Area): Communîty  Cassîicatîon, 2002 Drawîng (aerîa vîew) of North Town Vîage, Chîcago, IL, 2000 Photograph (street eve) of North Town Vîage, Chîcago, IL, 2002 Photograph of 1230 North Burîng Street, Chîcago, IL, 2000

Fîgures

Tabes

Iustratîons

The Projects of Cabrînî Green Popuatîon of Chîcago’s Near North Sîde, 1930–2000 Backs în Chîcago, 1850–2000 Popuatîon Fîgures for the Sîx-County Chîcago  Metropoîtan Regîon (2000) Comparîng Two Chîcagoand Suburbs în 2000 Actua versus Predîcted Back Househods în Chîcago Area,  1980–1990 Popuatîon of Schaumburg, IL, 1956–2000 Actua versus Predîcted Back Househods în Schaumburg, IL,  1980–1990 Chîcago’s Near North Redeveopment Inîtîatîve North Town Vîage: Breakdown of Unîts Sef-government at 1230 N. Burîng Street: Resîdent Posîtîons

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