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Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. Paperback – April 29, 2019

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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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The University of North Carolina Press
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April 29, 2019
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6.12 x 0.42 x 9.25 inches
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1469651505
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A formidable and productive contribution to the existing literature. Students, scholars, and practitioners from across the fields of anthropology, geography, food systems, and food studies will derive enormous benefit and gain a crucial toolkit for imagining anti-racist futures from reading this book."—Medical Anthropology Quarterly

In contrast to the barren emptiness implied by the term food desert, Reese also captures the resilience, creativity and dynamism that exist in the historically Black community of Deanwood in Washington, D.C. . . . [And] offers something more complicated and more radical in her telling. Not quick fixes, but imaginative possibilities for a new kind of urban food system – one with liberatory potential."—City

As a scholarly work crafted through anthropological methods, Black Food Geographies does not simply outline, critique, and analyze food geographies in D.C. Instead it includes the voices of the residents that create and make productive use of Deanwood's green spaces – introducing the Black lives that make Black spaces matter. . . . [And] brings to the surface histories that are often elided in critical food studies and geography."—Society and Space

Black Food Geographies illuminates the role of black people as agents in history rather than as passive participants at the whim of sociopolitical and economic forces that sustain racial hierarchies. It reveals their past and present agency in the production of food in everyday life, an often-overlooked area in scholarship on southern agricultural history and the black freedom struggle. . . . [Reese] also speaks to how scholars can bridge the gap between the past and the present to understand the future of black lives."—Journal of Southern History

Black Food Geographies demonstrates how systemic food inequity shapes the daily experience of people living in a neighborhood with low food access. While the book does not necessarily offer solutions, it does tell us quite explicitly that communities are not passively waiting for outside help, even though they recognize that outside change will also be needed in addition to their community-based efforts. Dr. Reese also reminds us that numbers do not tell the story. People do that, and we can learn a lot when we listen."—Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

Reese's study serves as a valuable contribution to scholarly and policy discussions of food deserts. . . . Black Food Geographies offers a welcome and fresh perspective on food justice."—Washington History

Reese's formative book delightfully leaves more questions than answers . . . It lays the groundwork for future work to take up questions of Black and Indigenous foodways in urban settings, how antiblackness in food systems is historically and spatially contingent, and the ways in which gender and sexuality operate in Black food geographies."—Antipode

A bold and much needed exploration of the oft-overlooked roles of anti-Black racisms and structural inequities in theorizing and addressing food deficits in the United States."—Transforming Anthropology

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Ashante Reese's work is richly empirical, historically grounded, and speaks to the contemporary national debate about the industrialized food system, access to healthy foods, and connections between food justice, racial uplift, and social change. A much-needed and important work."—Kimberly Nettles-Barcelon, University of California, Davis

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The University of North Carolina Press; 1st edition (April 29, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1469651505
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1469651507
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 0.42 x 9.25 inches

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Kay

Good book

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2023

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I used this book for a Qualitative assignment that I have in graduate school. I found it really interesting and insightful. It's also helping me with my thesis on food security.

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Ziggy's mommy

Adds a critical & necessary lens when examining food insecurity

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2020

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As a 12 year resident of wards 7 & &, and one who studies global food insecurity, it was important for me to read this book. Though gentrification continues to change demographics of Wards 7 and 8, still, compared to the other wards in D.C, 7 & 8 are “overwhelming black, and are ecologically isolated and disadvantaged.” Only 3 supermarkets serve nearly 150,000 residents east of the Anacostia River. Often the term “food desert” is used to explain this glaring inequity. However, the term food desert, is arguably inaccurate and racist. As Dr. Ashanté M. Reese explains, food desert “often obscures the processes that led to unequal access and reflects a long-standing interest in uncritical and negative evaluations of Black communities and people.” She argues that a more appropriate term is “food apartheid” which not only challenges us to unpack false assumptions about Black communities, but also examines the intersectionality between Blackness and structural divestment of grocery stores. Food access is not just about the addition of grocery stores. “Individuals’ and communities’ desires for their own foodways are critical components for creating sustainable, equitable interventions.” I highly recommend this resource.

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Rachel

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Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2020

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This book was so good. I'm from PG County (which is relevant if you know the area) and I've always been interested in DC history. In fact, that's been the focus of my graduate studies so this book was definitely on my radar but I bought it for a class. This book revealed the residential history of the city as opposed to most books on DC that focus on the federal government. I really appreciated the terminology used and the discussion around Black food entrepreneurship and disinvestment in the city. Long story short: poverty is largely constructed by the government and you should buy from small businesses (ironic since I bought this through Amazon but as a student i needed the cheapest/fastest option at the time). I can't wait to see what Dr. Reese writes next!

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Symone

A beautifully constructed historical and present account of food access and Black agency

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2019

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Black Food Geographies provides a fresh and nuanced perspective on food access in urban spaces, examining both the structural frameworks and ideologies that perpetuate food insecurity (segregation, displacement due to gentrification, ideas around individual responsibility, etc.) and the interpersonal/community-level ideologies and active choices around food/nutrition, community sustainability, and self-reliance.

This ethnographic account masterfully details the everyday decisions that residents of this community must make to navigate food insecurity by offering converging race, gender, and class analyses that complicate often generalized notions of Black community building and foodways. This is a necessary read for those involved with or interested in foodways and food justice.*

*And if nothing else, readers will receive a SWIFT education on the problematic use of the passive and one-dimensional "food desert". You'll never use those two words in the same sentence again.

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scott sisson

Decent

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2022

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Book itself is fine but I received it and it was all sticky and gross, can’t return cause I need it for school

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JHoov808

Great book! I think about food differently now

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2019

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‪In Black Food Geographies, Dr. Reese masterfully breaks down complex issues related to racism & food access in a DC community. This same story plays out all over the US. (I see it in Dallas.) Reading about the systemic issues & historical context just blows my mind. ‬

I felt like I was walking through Deanwood with her, hearing the stories from community members. It’s crazy to consider the big picture of how racism touches every aspect of society. I’ve used the term food desert before—without considering its meaning. This is yet another story about survival in spite of the myriad barriers and obstacles put in the way.

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De'Asia Renee

Educational and Eye-Opening

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2020

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I had to read this book for a class but it definitely taught me things I never even thought to think about. It makes connections to systems of oppression and racism that we were never taught as connecting. Very edifying

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TLee

Overall good resource tool.

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2021

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Great resource tool.

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