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"From the Cracks in the Sidewalks of N.Y.C.": The Embodied Production of Urban Decline, Survival, and Renewal in New York's Fiscal-Crisis-Era Streets, 1977-1983

Description:

This dissertation argues that New York City's 1970s fiscal crisis was not only an economic crisis, but was also a spatial and embodied one. During the crisis era, the news media, residents, and public officials fought to define who could inhabit certain types of spaces and what kinds of practices...

Author:

Matassa, Elizabeth Healy

Keyword:

fiscal crisis, urban decline, New York City, public space, performance studies, and 1970s

GW Unit:

American Studies

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Osman, Suleiman

Committee Member(s):

Dent, Alexander S., Kosek, Joseph Kip, Peña, Elaine, and Chacko, Elizabeth

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation