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...

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...