A recipe for gentrification : food, power, and resistance in the city

Alkon, Alison Hope, (editor.). Kato, Yuki, (editor.). Sbicca, Joshua, 1982- (editor.).

Summary: How gentrification uproots the urban food landscape, and what activists are doing to resist it. From hipster coffee shops to upscale restaurants, a bustling local food scene is perhaps the most commonly recognized harbinger of gentrification. A Recipe for Gentrification explores this widespread phenomenon, showing the ways in which food and gentrification are deeply—and, at times, controversially—intertwined. Contributors provide an inside look at gentrification in different cities, from major hubs like New York and Los Angeles to smaller cities like Cleveland and Durham. They examine a wide range of food enterprises—including grocery stores, restaurants, community gardens, and farmers’ markets—to provide up-to-date perspectives on why gentrification takes place, and how communities use food to push back against displacement. Ultimately, they unpack the consequences for vulnerable people and neighborhoods. A Recipe for Gentrification highlights how the everyday practices of growing, purchasing and eating food reflect the rapid—and contentious—changes taking place in American cities in the twenty-first century. --

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ISBN: 1479811378
ISBN: 9781479811373
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ISBN: 1479878235
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ISBN: 1479809047
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 373 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Development, Displacement, and Dining / Alison Hope Alkon, Yuki Kato, and Joshua Sbicca -- Part I : DINING DOWNTOWN: FOOD RETAIL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT -- 1. The Taste of Gentrification: Difference and Exclusion on San Diego's Urban Food Frontier / Fernando J. Bosco -- 2. Savior Entrepreneurs and Demon Developers: The Role of Gourmet Restaurants and Bars in the Redevelopment of Durham / Nina Martin -- 3. Making Sense of "Local Food," Urban Revitalization, and Gentrification in Oklahoma City / Eric Sarmiento -- Part II : RIPE FOR GROWTH: ALTERNATIVE FOOD SYSTEMS -- 4. The Urban Agriculture Fix: Navigating Development and Displacement in Denver / Joshua Sbicca -- 5. From the Holy Trinity to Microgreens: Gentrification Redefining Local Foodways in Post-Katrina New Orleans / Yuki Kato -- 6. The Cost of Low-Hanging Fruit? An Orchard, a Nonprofit, and Changing Community in Portland / Nathan Mcclintock -- 7. Gardens in the Growth Machine: Seattle's P-Patch Program and the Pursuit of Permanent Community Gardens / Charlotte Glennie -- Part III UNEVEN ALLIANCES: CONTESTING GENTRIFICATION FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT -- 8. Diverse Politics, Difficult Contradictions: Gentrification and the San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance / Antonio Roman-Alcala -- 9. "Ethical" Gentrification as a Preemptive Strategy: Social Enterprise, Restaurants, and Resistance in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside / Zachary Hyde -- 10. "You Can't Evict Community Power": Food Justice and Eviction Defense in Oakland / Frances Moore -- Part IV : GROWING RESISTANCE: COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIES -- 11. Community Gardens and Gentrification in New York City: The Uneven Politics of Facilitation, Accommodation, and Resistance / Sofya Aptekar -- 12. No Se Vende: Resisting Gentrification on Chicago's Paseo Boricua through Food / Brooke Havlik -- 13. Black Urban Growers and the Land Question in Cleveland: Externalities of Gentrification / Justine Lindemann -- 14. Citified Sovereignty: Cultivating Autonomy in South Los Angeles / Analena Hope Hassberg -- A Conflicted Conclusion: Seeing and Contesting Gentrification through Food / Alison Hope Alkon, Yuki Kato, and Joshua Sbicca.
Language Note:	In English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.