@article{1471909,
      recid = {1471909},
      author = {Manzo, Lidia K. C.},
      title = {Gentrification and diversity : rebranding Milan's  Chinatown /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      year = {2023},
      abstract = {This book examines lived experiences of making, inhabiting  and appropriating space, in relation to the upscale  commercial gentrification of the Milan Chinatown. It  inquires about the significance of diverse neighborhoods as  emerging multicultural spaces? Are we talking about  neighborhood entrepreneurs providing services and  entertainment to create local urban culture, or are we  talking about political/economic forces in the  commodification of ethnic and cultural diversity? Starting  from these questions, this book uses innovative visual  ethnography and critical urban research to understand the  relationship between community-based entrepreneurs, local  politics, residents sense of belonging, and patterns of  city branding strategies in Milan, the fashion capital of  Italy. This book is intended for researchers and students  in the fields of sociology, anthropology, urban studies,  geography, and urban planning. Additionally, it is  appropriate for practitioners in the fields of urban  planning, housing policies, and community development.  Manzos Gentrification and Diversity urges readers to look  at the fashion capital of Milan through the lens of ethnic  diversity, class and urban transformation. Based on a  decade of ethnographic work in Milans changing Chinatown,  the book takes the reader on a journey of aesthetics,  capital speculation and urban contestations to show how the  Chinese traders and entrepreneurs who would have been  displaced by gentrification in fact strategically navigate  the racialized restrictions to reclaim their place.  Gentrification and Diversity is an exemplar of how  Chinatowns around the world are being reinvented locally  and globally today amidst continued debates over how  Chinese identity and culture should be represented in such  spaces. (Prof. Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho, Department of Geography,  National University of Singapore, Singapore) "The author  problematizes the notion of diversity in the southern  European context, which is a much-needed addition to the  existing scholarship on gentrification in traditional  ethnic enclaves. The power dynamics and clashes of  interests depicted in this book provide us significant and  timely insights on how the social construct of a sanitized,  aestheticized ethnic space for consumption was built upon a  centuries' old anti-Asian milieu and refreshed by the fear  of a rising China. Furthermore, Manzo skilfully illustrates  how Chineseness as a cultural discourse is strategically  mobilized in narratives of urban inclusion and exclusion."  (Prof. Fang Xu, Continuing Lecturer in Interdisciplinary  Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA, The USA).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1471909},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35143-3},
}