Discussion Four: Chicago Neighborhoods: Race, Class and Gentrification (Week of Nov 22-28))
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Neighborhoods are a key feature in Chicago. This is a key assignment for the course. I recommend answering it in the following way. 1) How does Bennett
understand the notion of the neighborhood? Is it “real,” symbolic, fabricated? 2) Using the first half of the book by Doering, Us Versus Them, what is going on
in Uptown and Rogers Park? Who and what are the factions? Is it true that neighborhoods are contested spaces? By whom, for what reasons? 3. What one
issue seems to tie these readings together? What is the common theme or most significant problem that they are facing?