What the Signs Say: Language, Gentrification, and Place-Making in Brooklyn

by Edward Snajdr and Shonna Trinch

Book Overview

Although we may not think we notice them, storefronts and their signage are meaningful, and the impact they have on people is significant. What the Signs Say argues that the public language of storefronts is a key component to the creation of the place known as Brooklyn, New York. Using a sample of more than two thousand storefronts and over a decade of ethnographic observation and interviews, the study charts two very different types of local...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826522777
• ISBN13: 9780826522771
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 8.0"