Come and be shocked : Baltimore beyond John Waters and the Wire /

"The author examines cultural representations of Baltimore from the early 1950s to the early 21st century. Baltimore has been the setting for and subject of many works of film, television, fiction, drama, poetry, and music. It has become an emblem of urbanism despite its modest size. This book...

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Main Author: Rizzo, Mary, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
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505 0 |a Introduction. Cities as narratives -- Renewal and resistance -- The city of anger: Blockbusting an cultural representations of white innocence -- From blight to filth: John Waters in the age of urban renewal -- "The most authentic microphone of black folks talking ever devised": Chicory and the poetry of human renewal -- Hollywood East: William Donald Schaefer animates neoliberal Baltomore -- Good mo(u)rning, Baltimore -- Accidental tourists: alienated whiteness amid renaissance -- A people's history of West Baltimore: Roc, The Wire, and Baltimore on TV -- Welcome to Baltimore, Hon! : Race, gender, and urban branding at the end of the century.-- Epilogue. 
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