Back to the Roots : Memory, Inequality, and Urban Agriculture

• Autore: Shostak Sara
• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2021; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 pages)
• Disciplina: 630.9744
• Soggetto topico: Urban agriculture - Massachusetts; Technology & Engineering / General
• Soggetto non controllato: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, farmworkers, farming, farmers, urban farmers, garden, gardeners, food, health, systemic racism, food system, food industry, racism, marginalized neighborhoods, equitable urban futures, urban gardeners, inequalities, inequality, land, soil, plants, field
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Back to the Roots
• Titolo autorizzato: Back to the Roots
• ISBN: 0-8135-9018-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910554270703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nature, Society, and Culture