03621nam 2200613 450 991080928760332120230126215536.00-8032-9943-50-8032-9945-1(CKB)3710000000830172(EBL)4648499(MiAaPQ)EBC4648499(OCoLC)956988877(MdBmJHUP)muse53254(Au-PeEL)EBL4648499(CaPaEBR)ebr11249483(CaONFJC)MIL949096(OCoLC)957435826(EXLCZ)99371000000083017220160902h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRebuilding shattered worlds creating community by voicing the past /Andrea L. Smith and Anna EisensteinLincoln, Nebraska ;London, [England] :University of Nebraska Press,2016.©20161 online resource (209 p.)Anthropology of Contemporary North AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-9058-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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"An ethnography of the ways displaced residents remember the ethnic diversity of their neighborhood in a small city in eastern Pennsylvania destroyed in the name of urban renewal, where memories, linguistic patterns, and material artifacts continue to animate people's everyday lives"--Provided by publisher."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 interlocutors attempt to make sense of the world they lost when urban renewal initiatives razed "Syrian Town"--a densely packed neighborhood of Lebanese American, Italian American, and African American residents. This ethnography of remembering shows how former residents engage collective memory-making through their shared place, language, and class position within the larger cityscape. Demonstrating the creative power of linguistic resources, material traces, and absent spaces, Rebuilding Shattered Worlds brings together insights from linguistic anthropology and material studies, foregrounding the role language plays in signaling "pastness.""--Provided by publisher.Anthropology of Contemporary North AmericaAnthropological linguisticsPennsylvaniaEaston (Northampton County)Collective memoryPennsylvaniaEaston (Northampton County)Easton (Northampton County, Pa.)Social conditionsEaston (Northampton County, Pa.)Ethnic relationsAnthropological linguisticsCollective memory305.800974822SOC002010HIS036080bisacshSmith Andrea L.507790Eisenstein AnnaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809287603321Rebuilding shattered worlds3969184UNINA