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Author:

Modan, Gabriella Gahlia.

Title:

Turf wars : discourse, diversity, and the politics of place / Gabriella Gahlia Modan.

Publisher:

Blackwell,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xi, 357 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Community development--Washington (D.C.)
Neighborhood--Social aspects--Washington (D.C.)
Mount Pleasant (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (DC)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-350) and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

New directions in ethnography ; 1

ISBN:

9781405129558 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1405129557 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006004755

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)