Slum or quarter? Quarter or Quarters? Return to the Slum…
Slum or quarter? Quarter or Quarters? Return to the Slum…

Summary/Abstract: The evolution from slum to quarter can be read and interpreted from several perspectives: linguistically (the evolution from the Turkish ‘mahale’ to the French ‘quartier’, which is also a landmark of a change in cultural patterns); historically (the development of the Jewish minority in Bucharest); spacewise (the change of the living location, from the center to the outskirts of the city, in close connection with the shift in the perception of the Jew in society, as a result of the nationalist rhetoric, but also of his real financial power); or socially (the desire for professional growth, the adoption of new crafts and the further extension to new areas of the city). The word ‘mahala’ has Balkan roots and echo

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