ISBN:
1405129565
,
9781405129565
,
1405129557
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 357 S.
,
Ill.
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
New directions in ethnography 1
DDC:
307.3/36209753
Keywords:
Développement communautaire - Washington (D.C.)
;
Développement communautaire - États-Unis - Washington (D.C.)
;
Embourgeoisement (urbanisme) - États-Unis - Washington (D.C.)
;
Quartiers (Urbanisme) - Aspect social - Washington (D.C.)
;
Quartiers (urbanisme) - Aspect social - États-Unis - Washington (D.C.)
;
Stadscultuur
;
Voisinage (droit) - États-Unis - Washington (D.C.)
;
Gesellschaft
;
Community development
;
Neighborhood Social aspects
;
Gemeinwesenarbeit
;
Mount Pleasant (Washington, D.C.) - Conditions sociales
;
Washington (DC)
;
Mount Pleasant (Washington, D.C.)
;
Gemeinwesenarbeit
Abstract:
"Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. It is a story about how the members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, D.C., community deploy language to project conflicting images of their neighborhood. Waging wars around such issues as public toilets and public urination, the "morality" of co-ops & condos, and characterizations of "good" girls and "bad" boys, community members use these themes to create identities for themselves as legitimate community members (e.g., as tough urbanites or sophisticated historic preservationists) while creating identities to discredit others (e.g., "People who belong in the suburbs"). "Turf Wars" taps the power of discourse analysis to provide insight into the ways that local activity shapes larger urban social processes." -- Book cover.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-350) and index
URL:
Table of contents only
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006004755-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006004755-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006004755.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006004755-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006004755-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006004755.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006004755-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006004755-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006004755.html
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