02894cam a2200349 i 4500 548917141 TxAuBib 20220301120000.0 210204s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021005007 9781647121525 HRD 29.95 1647121523 HRD 29.95 TxAuBib rda Grieser, Jessica A. Black side of the river. The Black side of the river [BOOK] : race, language, and belonging in Washington, DC / Jessica A. Grieser. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2022] xi, 228 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : "I expected the streets to be paved with gold": Anacostia and Washington, DC in the Black Imagination -- Racializing Gentrification through Discourse -- Repositioning Anacostia : Circulating Insider Discourses to Counteract Outsider Views -- "They Ain't Make Improvements for Us" : Place-making with African American Language -- Race, Geography, and Agency East of the River -- Conclusion : Bridging the River. Across the United States, cities are changing. Gentrification is transforming urban landscapes, often pushing local Black populations to the margins. As a result, communities with rich histories and strong identities grapple with essential questions. What does it mean to be from a place in flux? What does it mean to be a specific kind of person from that place? What does gentrification mean for the fabric of a community? In The Black Side of the River, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser draws on ten years of interviews with dozens of residents of Anacostia, a historically Black neighborhood in Washington, DC, to explore these ideas through the lens of language use. Grieser finds that residents use certain speech features to create connections among racial, place, and class identities; reject negative characterizations of place from those outside the community; and negotiate ideas of belonging. In a neighborhood undergoing substantial class gentrification while remaining decisively Black, Grieser finds that Anacostians use language to assert a positive, hopeful place identity that is inextricably intertwined with their racial one. Provided by publisher. 20220301. African Americans Washington (D.C) History. African Americans Washington (D.C) Language. Sociolinguistics Washington (D.C.) Discourse analysis Washington (D.C.) Anacostia (Washington, D.C) History. Washington (D.C) Race relations. Washington (D.C) History.