Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405129565)

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.

Author: Gabriella Gahlia Modan
ISBN-10: 1405129565
ISBN-13: 9781405129565
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2006
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.62h x 5.99w x 1.16d