9781469651507-1469651505-Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C.

Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C.

ISBN-13: 9781469651507
ISBN-10: 1469651505
Edition: 1
Author: Ashanté M. Reese
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Paperback 184 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781469651507
ISBN-10: 1469651505
Edition: 1
Author: Ashanté M. Reese
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Paperback 184 pages

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Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. (ISBN-13: 9781469651507 and ISBN-10: 1469651505), written by authors Ashanté M. Reese, was published by The University of North Carolina Press in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Food Science (Agricultural Sciences, Urban, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Food Science books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $4.09.

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In this book, Ashante M. Reese makes clear the structural forces that determine food access in urban areas, highlighting Black residents' navigation of and resistance to unequal food distribution systems. Linking these local food issues to the national problem of systemic racism, Reese examines the history of the majority-Black Deanwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, Reese not only documents racism and residential segregation in the nation's capital but also tracks the ways transnational food corporations have shaped food availability. By connecting community members' stories to the larger issues of racism and gentrification, Reese shows there are hundreds of Deanwoods across the country.

Reese's geographies of self-reliance offer an alternative to models that depict Black residents as lacking agency, demonstrating how an ethnographically grounded study can locate and amplify nuances in how Black life unfolds within the context of unequal food access.

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