Searching the Streets for the genius loci: A Study of Meaning and Identity in the Signs, Sounds, and Spaces of Chinatown.

The article focuses on the meaning and identity in the signs, sounds, and spaces of Chinatown, New York. Topics discussed include street signs in the Chinatown which are written in Chinese and English language, rhetorical challenges when languages and cultures intersects, and translation of street name provided by the members of the Chinese Seniors Association of Houston.