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“sarah mayorga”

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  • Urban Specters

    The Everyday Harms of Racial Capitalism

    by Sarah Mayorga ...
    Racial 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 ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD

  • Behind the White Picket Fence

    Power and Privilege in a Multiethnic Neighborhood

    by Sarah Mayorga ...
    The link between residential segregation and racial inequality is well established, so it would seem that greater equality would prevail in integrated neighborhoods. But as Sarah Mayorga-Gallo argues, multiethnic and mixed-income neighborhoods still harbor the signs of continued, systemic racial inequalities. Drawing on deep ethnographic and other innovative research from “Creekridge Park,” a ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD

  • A Good Reputation

    How Residents Fight for an American Barrio

    by Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Sarah Mayorga ...
    A historic Houston barrio provides an illuminating lens on neighborhood reputation.Neighborhoods have the power to form significant parts of our worlds and identities. A neighborhood's reputation, however, doesn't always match up to how residents see themselves or wish to be seen. The distance between residents' desires and their environment can profoundly shape neighborhood life.In A Good ... Read more

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  • Racial Innocence

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  • Economies of Desire

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