Turf wars : discourse, diversity, and the politics of place
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Turf wars : discourse, diversity, and the politics of place
（New directions in ethnography）
Blackwell, 2007
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [336]-350
Includes index
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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.
Table of Contents
List of Figures viii
Acknowledgments ix
Part I: The Ethnography 1
1. Sketching the Landscape 3
2. Mt. Pleasant History and Social Geography 34
3. The Moral Geography of Mt. Pleasant 88
4. The Politics of Filth 137
5. La Loca vs. the Cultural Vampires 170
6. Keeping it in the Family 202
7. Home Ties, Winds of Change 247
Part II: The Making of Turf Wars 267
8. Theorizing Discourse 269
9. Geography and Social Locations 296
Addendum: Defining Terms 326
Bibliography 336
Index 351
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