Back to the Roots : : Memory, Inequality, and Urban Agriculture / / Sara Shostak.
Across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, urban farmers and gardeners are reclaiming cultural traditions linked to food, farming, and health; challenging systemic racism and injustice in the food system; demanding greater community control of resources in marginalized neighborhoods; and moving towar...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Nature, Society, and Culture
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 p.) :; 10 color images |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Cultivating the Commonwealth -- Chapter 2 The Powers of Food -- Chapter 3 Lineages and Land -- Chapter 4 Stories of the Soil -- Chapter 5 Urban Futures -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix A Into the Field: Data and Methods -- Appendix B Research and Reflexivity -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
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Summary: | Across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, urban farmers and gardeners are reclaiming cultural traditions linked to food, farming, and health; challenging systemic racism and injustice in the food system; demanding greater community control of resources in marginalized neighborhoods; and moving towards their visions of more equitable urban futures. As part of this urgent work, urban farmers and gardeners encounter and reckon with both the cultural meanings and material legacies of the past. Drawing on their narratives, Back to the Roots demonstrates that urban agriculture is a critical domain for explorations of, and challenges to, the long standing inequalities that shape both the materiality of cities and the bodies of their inhabitants. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780813590189 9783110754001 9783110753776 9783110754070 9783110753837 9783110739138 |
DOI: | 10.36019/9780813590189 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sara Shostak. |