{"product_id":"a-recipe-for-gentrification-food-power-and-resistance-in-the-city-9781479811373","title":"A Recipe for Gentrification: Food, Power, and Resistance in the City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHonorable Mention, 2021 Edited Collection Book Award, given by the Association for the Study of Food and Society \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow gentrification uproots the urban food landscape, and what activists are doing to resist it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom hipster coffee shops to upscale restaurants, a bustling local food scene is perhaps the most commonly recognized harbinger of gentrification. \u003ci\u003eA Recipe for Gentrification\u003c\/i\u003e explores this widespread phenomenon, showing the ways in which food and gentrification are deeply--and, at times, controversially--intertwined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, they unpack the consequences for vulnerable people and neighborhoods. \u003ci\u003eA Recipe for Gentrification\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Hope Alkon (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlison Hope Alkon\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the University of the Pacific. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Food Activism and Cultivating Food Justice\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eBlack, White, and Green: Farmers Markets, Race and the Green Economy.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYuki Kato (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eYuki Kato\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRecipe for Gentrification: Food, Power, and Resistance in the City\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Sbicca (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoshua Sbicca\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFood Justice Now!: Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368988381458,"sku":"9781479811373","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5c35eba-a7cd-45be-94d3-619077011491.jpg?v=1728517677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-recipe-for-gentrification-food-power-and-resistance-in-the-city-9781479811373","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}