Full Description
Makris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrification and the experiences of longtime residents in this beach-community city. They demonstrate how the racial inequality in the founding of Asbury Park is reverberating a century later. This book tells an important and nuanced tale of gentrification using an intersectional lens to examine the history of race relations, the too often overlooked history of the postindustrial city, the role of the LGBTQ population, barriers to employment and access to amenities, and the role of developers as the city rapidly changes. Makris and Gatta draw on in-depth interviews, focus groups, ethnographic observation, as well as data analysis to tell the reader a story of life on the West Side of Asbury Park as the East Side prospers and to point to a potential path forward.
Contents
Contents
Chapter 1: Seasonal Gentrification
Chapter 2: Racial Segregation, Sex, Gender and Rock n Roll: The History of Asbury Park
Chapter 3: Working While Black
Chapter 4: Owning a Business-The Employers Side
Chapter 5: A West Side Story
Chapter 6: Cats are the New Dogs (and Other Stuff That Makes Asbury Cool...and Can It Stay Cool?)
Chapter 7: Land of Hope and Dreams
Methodological Appendix
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