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Urban 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.
List of contents
Introduction
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
About the author
SARA SHOSTAK is an associate professor at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she teaches in the Department of Sociology and the Health: Science, Society and Policy Program.
Summary
Drawing on the narratives of urban farmers and gardeners, 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.
