{"product_id":"serving-the-street-matthew-jerome-schneider-9780820366388","title":"Serving the Street: Volunteering as Charity, Racial Justice, and Poverty Tourism","description":"\u003cp\u003eVolunteering is typically thought of as an act of altruism, yet there are power dynamics embedded in volunteer-service recipient relationships, especially when volunteers operate from privileged positions. Following six grassroots homeless service organizations in St. Louis, Missouri, Matthew Schneider unpacks the tensions between race, class, urban space, and volunteerism. Volunteers are well intentioned and provide vital, life-saving services. However, \u003cem\u003eServing the Street \u003c\/em\u003eexplores how many of these same volunteer groups helped to reproduce racialized stigma and stereotypes about poverty, homelessness, and marginal urban space through volunteer practices that bordered on \"poverty tourism.\" If our goal is to make communities more inclusive and equitable, this book suggests a need for greater self-reflection, even among well-intentioned, social-justice-oriented volunteers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Jerome Schneider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820366382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820366388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Matthew Jerome Schneider","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241968120063,"sku":"9780820366388","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec505e9b-43c9-440b-8022-8d2f8ca3f27e.jpg?v=1772656837","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/serving-the-street-matthew-jerome-schneider-9780820366388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}