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Chinatown Is Not For Sale: Immigrant and Youth Mobilization Against Gentrification in New York, San Francisco, and Boston.

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dc.contributor.authorWong, Diane
dc.contributor.chairJones-Correa, Michael
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMettler, Suzanne Bridget
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMichener, Jamila
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-15T16:48:32Z
dc.date.available2023-08-29T06:00:14Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-30
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the democratic implications of gentrification and displacement in working-class Chinese immigrant communities. In this multisite, multilingual, and multimodal study, I draw from two years of ethnographic fieldwork and oral history interviews with over one hundred individuals including tenants, community organizers, restaurant and garment workers, small business owners, artists, public health workers, nonprofit professionals, and elected officials. This research was made possible by working in close collaboration with grassroots organizations in all three cities. Bridging together literature on Asian diaspora studies, democratic theory, urban governance, race and ethnic studies, comparative immigration, gender and sexuality, and critical geography, this study provides a nuanced understanding of the conditions under which Chinese immigrants and youth are active in the making of urban space and urban politics, shifting way from a common narrative that portrays them as disengaged from democratic processes. From organizing intergenerational conversations on displacement in porcelain shops to amplifying resident voices through cultural production work and establishing tenant associations in tenement walkups to playing street volleyball as resistance, each chapter captures a snapshot of how frontline communities are mobilizing to stay in their homes and underscores the intimacies of home in shaping our political lives. Fundamentally, the research and methods used in this study broadens the scope of how we conceptualize American politics and where it unfolds on the ground, importantly shaping how scholars and practitioners understand the relationship between immigrant communities, democratic citizenship, and political possibilities.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7298/nme0-ay55
dc.identifier.otherWong_cornellgrad_0058F_11563
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/cornellgrad:11563
dc.identifier.otherbibid: 11050570
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/67587
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAsian American politics
dc.subjectChinatown
dc.subjectCommunity organizing
dc.subjectUrban and local politics
dc.subjectNew York City
dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.subjectAsian American studies
dc.subjectAmerican studies
dc.subjectAmerican Politics
dc.titleChinatown Is Not For Sale: Immigrant and Youth Mobilization Against Gentrification in New York, San Francisco, and Boston.
dc.typedissertation or thesis
dcterms.licensehttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810
thesis.degree.disciplineGovernment
thesis.degree.grantorCornell University
thesis.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy
thesis.degree.namePh.D., Government

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