Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place
Book Details
Author(s)
Gabriella Gahlia Modan
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN
1405129557
ISBN-13
9781405129558
Availability
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Sales Rank
#896,352
Category
Social Science
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification.
- Explores how members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, DC, community deploy language to legitimize themselves as community members while discrediting others.
- Discusses such issues as public toilets and public urination, the "morality" of co-ops and condos, and characterizations of "good" girls and "bad" boys.
- Draws on linguistic anthropology and discourse analysis to provide insight into the ways that local activity shapes larger urban social processes.
- Draws also on cultural geography and urban anthropology.
