Rebuilding Shattered Worlds: Creating Community by Voicing the Past

by Andrea L. Smith, Anna Eisenstein, Andrea L. Smith

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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 interlocutors attempt to make sense of the world they lost when urban renewal initiatives razed "Syrian Town"--a densely packed neighborhood of Lebanese...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803290586

ISBN13:9780803290587

Release Date:October 2016

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:210 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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