{"product_id":"urban-specters-the-everyday-harms-of-racial-capitalism-paperback-softback-9781469674933","title":"Urban Specters; The Everyday Harms of Racial Capitalism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781469674933","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUrban Specters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Everyday Harms of Racial Capitalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah Mayorga (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781469674933\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages, 2 halftones, 3 maps, 2 graphs, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA fascinating examination of both race relations and class dynamics in a changing city. [Mayorga's] book makes a significant contribution to the study of both critical racial\/ethnic studies and urban sociology, and perhaps more importantly to the theoretical underpinnings of these two traditions.\"—\u003ci\u003eEthnic and Racial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUrban Specters\u003c\/i\u003e intimately compares and contrasts two local neighborhoods — Riverside and Carthage — and their residents while exploring the topic of racial capitalism. . . . Mayorga uncovers everyday manifestations of racial capitalism through the eyes of Cincinnati residents.\"—\u003ci\u003eCincinnati CityBeat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An in-depth analysis of material life within two neighborhoods in Cincinnati. . . . \u003ci\u003eUrban Specters\u003c\/i\u003e provides hope in interpersonal acts of resilience and a growing self-awareness made possible by public scholarship that looks at a different world.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Metropole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRacial capitalism, invisible but threaded throughout the world, shapes our lives. Focusing on the experiences of white, Black, and Latinx residents of Cincinnati, Sarah Mayorga argues that residents' interpretations of their circumstances, what she calls urban specters, are often partial recognitions of the exploitation and dehumanization produced by racial capitalism. Much scholarly work on racial capitalism has necessarily focused on historical, theoretical, and macro-level accounts. Mayorga takes these vital insights and applies them to two contemporary working-class neighborhoods, centering the lives of working-class and poor people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing data from interviews with 117 residents, Mayorga maps how racial capitalism creates the everyday harms people know all too well. Chronic underdevelopment, private property, and policing, she shows, have produced these harms. In this enlightening book, Mayorga identifies small windows into abolitionist possibilities that create different types of relations, ones based on care and connection. This is a guide for anyone trying to understand urban inequality, but also more importantly, for how we might create a different world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589008093464,"sku":"9781469674933","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/urban-specters-the-everyday-harms-of-racial-capitalism-paperback-softback-9781469674933","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}