{"product_id":"cultivating-livability-food-class-and-the-urban-future-in-bengaluru-hardback-9781517914981","title":"Cultivating Livability; Food, Class, and the Urban Future in Bengaluru (Hardback) 9781517914981","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCultivating Livability\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFood, Class, and the Urban Future in Bengaluru\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCamille Frazier (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517914981\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 18 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"As the conditions of work and city living become increasingly precarious for millions across the globe, Camille Frazier illuminates a different set of future horizons for food systems. Beautifully written and clearly argued, \u003ci\u003eCultivating Livability\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the lives of tech workers in India who turn to farming and urban gardens, calling into question what makes life livable while building alternative possibilities.\"-Hanna Garth, author of \u003ci\u003eFood in Cuba: The Pursuit of a Decent Meal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"In this thoughtful and compelling book, Camille Frazier outlines the central significance of food in contemporary struggles to forge a livable world. Grounded in vivid encounters with farmers, consumers, merchants, and environmentalists on Bengaluru’s rapidly changing periphery, \u003ci\u003eCultivating Livability\u003c\/i\u003e traces the dilemmas and contradictions of a breakneck development-and the challenge of redefining what it means to live well.\"-Anand Pandian, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAyya's Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat urban food networks reveal about middle class livability in times of transformation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In recent years, the concept of “livability” has captured the global imagination, influencing discussions about the implications of climate change on human life and inspiring rankings of “most livable cities” in popular publications. But what really makes for a livable life, and for whom? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultivating Livability\u003c\/i\u003e takes Bengaluru, India, as a case study-a city that is alternately described as India’s most and least livable megacity, where rapid transformation is undergirded by inequalities evident in the food networks connecting peri-urban farmers and the middle-class public. Anthropologist Camille Frazier probes the meaning of “livability” in Bengaluru through ethnographic work among producers and consumers, corporate intermediaries and urban information technology professionals. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Examining the varying efforts to reconfigure processes of food production, distribution, retail, and consumption, she reveals how these intersections are often rooted in and exacerbate ongoing forms of disenfranchisement that privilege some lives at the expense of others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Preface: Naming and Knowing \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction: The (Un)Livable City \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. Agrarian Lives on the Edge: Farming in the Peri-Urban Fringe \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2. Cosmopolitan Appetites: Shifting Meanings and Markers of Quality and Class \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. Market-Mediated Livability: Efficient Intermediaries and Direct-Supply-Chain Solutions \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4. Cultivating Alternatives: The Experimental Ethics of Food Production among Urban \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Professionals \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Conclusion: Livability in Crisis \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619258528024,"sku":"9781517914981","price":67.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cultivating-livability-food-class-and-the-urban-future-in-bengaluru-hardback-9781517914981","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}