{"product_id":"well-intentioned-whiteness-chhaya-kolavalli-9780820364087","title":"Well-Intentioned Whiteness: Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas City","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book documents how whiteness can take up space in U.S. cities and policies through well-intentioned progressive policy agendas that support green urbanism. Through in-depth ethnographic research in Kansas City, Chhaya Kolavalli explores how urban food projects--central to the city's approach to green urbanism--are conceived and implemented and how they are perceived by residents of \"food deserts,\" those intended to benefit\u003cbr\u003efrom these projects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough her analysis, Kolavalli examines the narratives and histories that mostly white local food advocates are guided by and offers an alternative urban history of Kansas City--one that centers the contributions of Black and brown residents to urban prosperity. She also highlights how displacement of communities of color, through green development, has historically been a key urban development strategy in the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWell-Intentioned Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a myopic focus on green urbanism, as a solution to myriad urban \"problems,\" ends up reinforcing racial inequity and uplifting structural whiteness. In this context, fine-grained analysis of how whiteness takes up space in our cities--even through progressive policy agendas--is more\u003cbr\u003eimportant. Kolavalli examines this process intimately and, in so doing, fleshes out our understanding of how racial inequities can be (re)created by everyday urban actors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chhaya Kolavalli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820364088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820364087\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 04\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023","brand":"Chhaya Kolavalli","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44131616719103,"sku":"9780820364087","price":114.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6b6fe40-826c-4d9e-9038-73e0ca449393.jpg?v=1687475429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/well-intentioned-whiteness-chhaya-kolavalli-9780820364087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}