Part II: RACIAL/SPATIAL IMAGINARIES: Chapter 6: MIGRANT SPACES AND SETTLERS' TIME.

This chapter examines sociological and geographical conceptualizations of space and time in relation to the processes which have formed an inner city area of Leeds, England. This area, known as Chapeltown, contains the majority of the city's black residents. In this chapter, Chapeltown has been conceptualized as a as a territory in which there is enormous diversity of spatially influenced practices and time-orientations. This diversity has been related to the long history of the territory and the political practices by which the locale has been formed. More particularly, it has been related to the nature of post-war settlement of the area by migrants from the Caribbean and South Asia, and its representation in the white media. While this area has been heavily spatialized by the mass media, a closer observation reveals the complex effects of global forces on social practices in this territory. Spatially and temporally, these practices have been both emptied out and filled out. Economically, the emptying out of legitimate waged work for men, both within the area and within the city of Leeds, has lead to a much greater occupation of certain streets by young men who gain income by force and by illegal sales.