Back to the Roots: Memory, Inequality, and Urban Agriculture (Nature, Society, and Culture)

By: Sara Shostak

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 236 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780813590165
Related ISBNs:: 9780813590158, 9780813590141
Publisher:: Rutgers University Press
Date of Addition:: 05/14/21
Copyrighted By:: Sara Shostak
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Technology, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
Grade Levels:: College Freshman
Reading Age:: 18 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.