Zaire Z Dinzey‐Flores
Biographic Data
| ID | 5625643 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zaire Z Dinzey‐Flores |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zaire Z |
| FAMILY NAME | Dinzey‐Flores |
| SIGNATURE | FLORES Z Z D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Special issue
Spatially Polarized Landscapes and a New Approach to Urban Inequality
Displays of wealth and opulence in the face of dire need and poverty have become commonplace as the rich and the poor increasingly share city spaces around the globe. Research shows that it is the perception of inequality, more than raw measures of inequality, that has important political consequences and that is most concerning for social well-being. In this article, I propose a theoretical move from a general, statistically driven conceptualiza…
Black Latina Womanhood
Black Latina Womanhood: From Latinx Fragility to Empowerment and Social Justice Praxis Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores (bio), Hilda Lloréns (bio), Nancy López (bio), Maritza Quiñones (bio), and on behalf of Black Latinas Know Collective On April 29, 2019, the Black Latinas Know Collective (BLKC) published its website and statement (Black Latinas Know Collective 2019). The BLKC Statement, shared below, reflects our thinking as Black Latina scholars in t…
What Did the Ghosts Whisper? The Fact of Blackness in Dixa Ramírez's Colonial Phantoms
In Colonial Phantoms: Belonging and Refusal in the Dominican Americas, from the 19th Century to the Present (2018), Dixa Ramírez astutely and compellingly displays the opacity of the Dominican Republic's history in the context of the Americas. She complicates trite representations of the Dominican Republic as a space that is racially unconscious and reminds us of the overlooked history of free black experience in the eastern side of the island, p…
The Development Paradox
The deadliest landslide in North American history took place in 1985 in the Mameyes neighborhood in Ponce, Puerto Rico. At least 129 people died in the landslide and 30 other people perished after
Locked In, Locked Out
Preface Prologue. The Native Outsider Chapter 1. Fortress of the Rich and Poor: Past and Present Chapter 2. Cachet for the Rich and Casherios for the Poor: An Experiment in Class Integration Chapter 3. Precaution: Security Knives in the Gates Chapter 4. Community: Where Rights Begin and End Chapter 5. The Secret Gardens Chapter 6. Neighbors More Remote than Strangers Epilogue.
Gated Communities for the Rich and the Poor
Sociologist Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores discusses how the concentration of class and racial privilege in gated communities takes place alongside the spatial concentration and confinement of the poor. She argues that gates help sort and segregate people, physically and symbolically distinguish communities, and cement inequality
Islands of Prestige, Gated Ghettos, and Nonurban Lifestyles in Puerto Rico
Gates have become ubiquitous in Latin America in commercial locales, residential buildings, government buildings, schools, prisons, gas stations, parking lots, and churches. Residential gates, specifically, have created a new type of physical imagery that rearranges relations between communities and forces city navigators to recalculate their socio-spatial orientations. The gated communities of the rich and the poor in modern Puerto Rico signal a…
Where rights begin and end in Puerto Rico's gated communities
In 1992, Puerto Rico's governor and police superintendent incorporated the National Guard with local police in a militarized battle against crime. Mano dura contra el crimen (strong arm/iron fist against crime) policies led to the gating of 82 public housing communities in the island. Simultaneously, privileged private communities organized and petitioned municipalities to retrofit their neighbourhoods with gates in the name of safety. These encl…
Criminalizing communities of poor, dark women in the Caribbean
Temporary Housing, Permanent Communities
The Puerto Rico Housing Authority was created in 1938 as a consequence of the 1937 U.S. Federal Housing Act. Increased migration to Puerto Rico's urban centers had resulted in overflowing slums. Public housing became the prime solution. In 1964, Luis Muñoz Marín, first Puerto Rican elected governor and the first governor under the formally defined Estado Libre Asociado/Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, outlined the fundamental policies regarding urban…
Temporary Housing, Permanent Communities
The Puerto Rico Housing Authority was created in 1938 as a consequence of the 1937 U.S. Federal Housing Act. Increased migration to Puerto Rico's urban centers had resulted in overflowing slums. Public housing became the prime solution. In 1964, Luis Muñoz Marín, first Puerto Rican elected governor and the first governor under the formally defined Estado Libre Asociado/Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, outlined the fundamental policies regarding urban…
Islands of Prestige, Gated Ghettos, and Nonurban Lifestyles in Puerto Rico
Gates have become ubiquitous in Latin America in commercial locales, residential buildings, government buildings, schools, prisons, gas stations, parking lots, and churches. Residential gates, specifically, have created a new type of physical imagery that rearranges relations between communities and forces city navigators to recalculate their socio-spatial orientations. The gated communities of the rich and the poor in modern Puerto Rico signal a…
Black Latina Womanhood
Black Latina Womanhood: From Latinx Fragility to Empowerment and Social Justice Praxis Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores (bio), Hilda Lloréns (bio), Nancy López (bio), Maritza Quiñones (bio), and on behalf of Black Latinas Know Collective On April 29, 2019, the Black Latinas Know Collective (BLKC) published its website and statement (Black Latinas Know Collective 2019). The BLKC Statement, shared below, reflects our thinking as Black Latina scholars in t…
Gated Communities for the Rich and the Poor
Sociologist Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores discusses how the concentration of class and racial privilege in gated communities takes place alongside the spatial concentration and confinement of the poor. She argues that gates help sort and segregate people, physically and symbolically distinguish communities, and cement inequality
Criminalizing communities of poor, dark women in the Caribbean
Temporary Housing, Permanent Communities
The Puerto Rico Housing Authority was created in 1938 as a consequence of the 1937 U.S. Federal Housing Act. Increased migration to Puerto Rico's urban centers had resulted in overflowing slums. Public housing became the prime solution. In 1964, Luis Muñoz Marín, first Puerto Rican elected governor and the first governor under the formally defined Estado Libre Asociado/Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, outlined the fundamental policies regarding urban…
Criminalizing communities of poor, dark women in the Caribbean
Where rights begin and end in Puerto Rico's gated communities
In 1992, Puerto Rico's governor and police superintendent incorporated the National Guard with local police in a militarized battle against crime. Mano dura contra el crimen (strong arm/iron fist against crime) policies led to the gating of 82 public housing communities in the island. Simultaneously, privileged private communities organized and petitioned municipalities to retrofit their neighbourhoods with gates in the name of safety. These encl…
Locked In, Locked Out
Preface Prologue. The Native Outsider Chapter 1. Fortress of the Rich and Poor: Past and Present Chapter 2. Cachet for the Rich and Casherios for the Poor: An Experiment in Class Integration Chapter 3. Precaution: Security Knives in the Gates Chapter 4. Community: Where Rights Begin and End Chapter 5. The Secret Gardens Chapter 6. Neighbors More Remote than Strangers Epilogue.
Gated Communities for the Rich and the Poor
Sociologist Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores discusses how the concentration of class and racial privilege in gated communities takes place alongside the spatial concentration and confinement of the poor. She argues that gates help sort and segregate people, physically and symbolically distinguish communities, and cement inequality
Islands of Prestige, Gated Ghettos, and Nonurban Lifestyles in Puerto Rico
Gates have become ubiquitous in Latin America in commercial locales, residential buildings, government buildings, schools, prisons, gas stations, parking lots, and churches. Residential gates, specifically, have created a new type of physical imagery that rearranges relations between communities and forces city navigators to recalculate their socio-spatial orientations. The gated communities of the rich and the poor in modern Puerto Rico signal a…
The Development Paradox
The deadliest landslide in North American history took place in 1985 in the Mameyes neighborhood in Ponce, Puerto Rico. At least 129 people died in the landslide and 30 other people perished after
Black Latina Womanhood
Black Latina Womanhood: From Latinx Fragility to Empowerment and Social Justice Praxis Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores (bio), Hilda Lloréns (bio), Nancy López (bio), Maritza Quiñones (bio), and on behalf of Black Latinas Know Collective On April 29, 2019, the Black Latinas Know Collective (BLKC) published its website and statement (Black Latinas Know Collective 2019). The BLKC Statement, shared below, reflects our thinking as Black Latina scholars in t…
What Did the Ghosts Whisper? The Fact of Blackness in Dixa Ramírez's Colonial Phantoms
In Colonial Phantoms: Belonging and Refusal in the Dominican Americas, from the 19th Century to the Present (2018), Dixa Ramírez astutely and compellingly displays the opacity of the Dominican Republic's history in the context of the Americas. She complicates trite representations of the Dominican Republic as a space that is racially unconscious and reminds us of the overlooked history of free black experience in the eastern side of the island, p…
Spatially Polarized Landscapes and a New Approach to Urban Inequality
Displays of wealth and opulence in the face of dire need and poverty have become commonplace as the rich and the poor increasingly share city spaces around the globe. Research shows that it is the perception of inequality, more than raw measures of inequality, that has important political consequences and that is most concerning for social well-being. In this article, I propose a theoretical move from a general, statistically driven conceptualiza…
Special issue
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Geography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · History (4 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)