Turf Wars by Gabriella Gahlia Modan PAPERBACK 9781405129558

Turf Wars\nby Gabriella Gahlia Modan\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Gabriella Gahlia Modan\nTitle: Turf Wars\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Anthropology\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2006\nISBN-13: 9781405129558\nISBN-10: 1405129557\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nTurf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification.\n--Explores how members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, DC, community deploy language to legitimize themselves as community members while discrediting others. \n--Discusses such issues as public toilets and public urination, the morality of co-ops and condos, and characterizations of good girls and bad boys. \n--Draws on linguistic a.