Community gardening in an unlikely city : the struggle to grow together in Las Vegas / Tyler Schafer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schafer, Tyler S., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community gardens--Nevada--Las Vegas.

Community gardens.

Gardening--Social aspects--Nevada--Las Vegas.

Gardening.

Gardening--Societies, etc.

Gardening--Social aspects.

Nevada--Las Vegas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 189 pages) : illustrations (some color)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Sowing seeds of community and sustainability in a wasteland

"We have a community garden in Las Vegas?" Struggling with segregation and sustainability in sin city

Miracle in the Mojave : spiritual place narratives and cultivating community

Talking the talk : performativity and the cultural production of a community garden

"We have everything else, but we have no foundation" : the impact of strategic choices on collective identity formation

It's for everyone, it's for no one : explicit inclusivity, implicit exclusivity, and the boundaries of community

Committing to community

Appendix: Urban Field work : laboring, learning, and lounging with others in a community garden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 16, 2021).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Schafer, Tyler. Community gardening in an unlikely city.

ISBN:

9781793623133

1793623139

Publisher Number:

99990306340

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.