Metaphors, growth coalition discourses and Black poverty neighborhoods in a U.S. city

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
The A. focuses on certain powerful metaphors embedded in the discourse of urban life in the United States. The influence of such metaphors is examined in the city of Indianapolis. The A. looks at how the metaphors come to affect an impoverished and isolated subgroup of inner city black poor. They are political instruments in the struggle to define and control local growth.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Antipode, issn : 0066-4812, 1996, vol. 28, n°. 1, p. 72-96, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 56 ref.

Date :
1996

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Oxford, Blackwell