While many older adults live in neighborhoods undergoing gentrification, research rarely explores their narratives about the gentrification process and their relationships with gentrifiers. This study uses discourse analysis of ethnographic data in Queens, NY, to identify repertoires in older adults’ narratives about the meaning of place and gentrification. Five distinct repertoires emerged: (1) gentrification brings a discussion of losses; (2) talk of the insider versus outsider claim to space; (3) social connectivity phrased as a strength during gentrification; (4) statements about adaptation strategies used to buffer change; and (5) language about neighborhood change as good—even during gentrification. These repertoires show older residents seek to understand and validate their role in a changing place. Their individual dialogues echo discussions and power differentials in their larger social worlds. Older persons’ repertoires illustrate the struggle to contextualize gentrification and not simply homogenize the process or create only limited, stereotypical insider–outsider arguments.

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纽约市正在高档化的社区中老年人与地方的关系：话语分析

虽然许多老年人生活在经历高档化的社区，但研究很少探讨他们对高档化过程的叙述以及他们与高档化者的关系。本研究使用纽约皇后区人种学数据的话语分析来确定老年人关于地方和绅士化意义的叙述中的曲目。出现了五个不同的曲目：（1）绅士化带来了对损失的讨论；(2) 谈论内部人与外部人对空间的要求；(3) 社会连通性被称为高档化过程中的一种力量；(4) 关于用于缓冲变化的适应策略的陈述；（5）关于邻里变化的语言同样好——即使在高档化期间。这些曲目表明老年居民寻求理解和验证他们在不断变化的地方的角色。他们的个人对话呼应了他们更大的社会世界中的讨论和权力差异。老年人的曲目说明了将士绅化置于语境中的斗争，而不是简单地使过程同质化或仅创造有限的、陈规定型的内部-外部争论。