Whiteness and Farmers Markets: Performances, Perpetuations … Contestations?

摘要: Abstract:  Academics and activists highlight the potential for alternative agrifood movements to contribute evolving coalescence of justice sustainability. This potential, however, is constrained by what scholars have identified as prevalent whiteness such movements. paper uses ethnographic research at two northern California farmers markets investigate how performed perpetuated through movements’ discourses practices. We found that many managers, vendors customers hold notions community members should be both reflect inform an affluent, liberal habitus whiteness. Although pervades these spaces, we also witnessed individual acts solidarity anti-racism, well fledgling institutional efforts contest white cultural dominance. conclude discussing create anti-racist politics food.