Ebook: Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place

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.

Content:
Chapter 1 Sketching the Landscape (pages 1–33):
Chapter 2 Mt. Pleasant History and Social Geography (pages 34–87):
Chapter 3 The Moral Geography of Mt. Pleasant (pages 88–136):
Chapter 4 The Politics of Filth (pages 137–169):
Chapter 5 La Loca vs. The Cultural Vampires (pages 170–201):
Chapter 6 Keeping it in the Family (pages 202–246):
Chapter 7 Home Ties, Winds of Change (pages 247–265):
Chapter 8 Theorizing Discourse (pages 267–295):
Chapter 9 Geography and Social Locations (pages 296–325):