Rhetoric in the Representation of a Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhood: The Case of Via Padova, Milano
Verga, P.L., 2016. Rhetoric in the Representation of a Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhood: The Case of Via Padova, Milan. Antipode 48(4), pp.1080–1101. DOI: 10.1111/anti.12229
24 Pages Posted: 27 Feb 2015 Last revised: 2 Mar 2019
Date Written: February 26, 2015
Abstract
The paper analyses how the neighbourhood of Via Padova in Milan, Italy, has been represented and problematised by the media and the last two municipal administrations over the last decade. Since the late 1990s, Via Padova has undergone a significant socio-demographic transformation, one which has eventually characterised the area as one of the most multi-ethnic and diverse districts in the whole city. However, this transformation process and the upcoming new framework for the neighbourhood have been explained and approached in very different (and contested) ways. The aim of this paper is to compare the different narratives provided by both the media and also governmental institutions during the formerly right wing and current left wing administrations, and the implications of this, both in the shaping of a collective image of the area and in the development of local policies.
Keywords: Neighbourhood Change, Politics of Representation, Revanchist City, Security, Stigmatisation, Milan
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