Sketching the landscape -- Mt. Pleasant history and social geography -- The moral geography of Mt. Pleasant -- The politics of filth -- La Loca vs. the cultural vampires -- Keeping it in the family -- Home ties, winds of change -- Theorizing discourse -- Geography and social locations
Summary
"Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. It is a story about how the members of a multiethnic, multiclass, Washington DC community deploy language to project conflicting images of their community."--BOOK JACKET
Notes
Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [336]-350) and index
