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Nature, Society, and Culture Ser.: Back to the Roots : Memory, Inequality, and Urban Agriculture by Sara Shostak (2021, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRutgers University Press
ISBN-100813590140
ISBN-139780813590141
eBay Product ID (ePID)23050086897
Product Key Features
Number of Pages236 Pages
Publication NameBack to the Roots : Memory, Inequality, and Urban Agriculture
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Agriculture / General
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Technology & Engineering, Science
AuthorSara Shostak
SeriesNature, Society, and Culture Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2020-035570
ReviewsA timely, creative, and comprehensive portrait of urban farming that offers a vivid and theoretically sophisticated account of how memory and meaning making shape cities. This is a must-read for those interested in urban agriculture, as well as those who care about memory, culture, and place., 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., Back to the Roots lays bare the simultaneous and contradictory pull of love, community, tenacity, inequity, frustration, and hope that propels urban agriculture, as well as the critical need for greater accountability, inclusion, and equity., A timely, creative, and comprehensive portrait of urban farming that offers a vivid and theoretically sophisticated account of how memory and meaning making shape cities. This is a must-read for those interested in urban agriculture, as well as those who care about memory, culture, and place, "?Author: Health equity and racial justice grow alongside the vegetables at Massachusetts urban farms" by Carrie Healy, "Author: Health equity and racial justice grow alongside the vegetables at Massachusetts urban farms" by Carrie Healy
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromCollege Freshman
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal630.9744
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 Cultivating the Commonwealth 2 The Powers of Food 3 Lineages and Land 4 Stories of the Soil 5 Urban Futures Conclusion Epilogue Appendix A: Into the Field: Data and Methods Appendix B: Research and Reflexivity Acknowledgments Notes References Index
SynopsisUrban agriculture has become a critical domain for explorations of, and challenges to, the long standing and systemic inequalities that shape cities, neighborhoods, and the lives and life chances of their residents. Back to the Roots describes how urban farmers and gardeners reckon with the cultural meanings and material legacies of the past as they seek to create more just and equitable futures., 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.
LC Classification NumberS494
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