Anthropology of Contemporary North America : Rebuilding Shattered Worlds : Creating Community by Voicing the Past.

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"Rebuilding Shattered Worlds explores the ways a demolished neighborhood in Easton, Pennsylvania, still resonates in the imaginations of displaced residents. Drawing on six years of ethnographic research, the authors highlight the intersecting languages of blight, race, and place as elderly int...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Andrea L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln, UNITED STATES : UNP - Nebraska, 2016-10-01 00:00:00.0.
Series:Anthropology of contemporary North America.
Subjects:
Collective memory > Pennsylvania > Easton (Northampton County)
Anthropological linguistics > Pennsylvania > Easton (Northampton County)
Urban renewal > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Easton (Northampton County)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Anthropological linguistics.
Collective memory.
Ethnic relations.
Social conditions.
Urban renewal > Social aspects.
Easton (Northampton County, Pa.) > Ethnic relations.
Easton (Northampton County, Pa.) > Social conditions.
Pennsylvania > Easton (Northampton County)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Terminology and Transcription Conventions; 1. Ethnography of the Expelled; 2. The Language of Blight; 3. Narrating Diversity; 4. Voices from the Past; 5. The Material of Memory; 6. Nostalgia as Engine of Change; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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