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African-American foodways
anthropology of food access
anti-black food system
Author_Ashante M. Reese
black food geographies
black foodways
black geographies
Black neighborhood food access
Black-owned food stores
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D.C.
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food access in everyday life
food access in Washington
food and culture
food and memory
food and nostalgia
food justice
neighborhood food ethnography
racism in urban food systems
self-reliance in urban food system
supermarkets and food access
Urban food access
urban gardening
Product details
- ISBN 9781469651491
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 155 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 29 Apr 2019
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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.
Ashante M. Reese is assistant professor of anthropology at Spelman College.
