Whiteness and farmers markets: Performances, perpetuations... contestations?

Antipode

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 937-959

  Alkon, Alison Hope ^a   McCullen, Christie Grace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative agrifood movement; Environmental justice; Farmers markets; Imaginary; Sustainability; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FOOD MARKET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960569083     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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