Urban specters : the everyday harms of racial capitalism / Sarah Mayorga

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayorga, Sarah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class African Americans--Ohio--Cincinnati--Economic conditions.

Working class African Americans.

Working class white people--Ohio--Cincinnati--Economic conditions.

Working class white people.

Hispanic Americans--Ohio--Cincinnati--Economic conditions.

Hispanic Americans.

Capitalism--Social aspects--Ohio--Cincinnati.

Capitalism.

Racism--Economic aspects--Ohio--Cincinnati.

Racism.

Racism--Social aspects--Ohio--Cincinnati.

Working class white people--Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

Racism--Economic aspects.

Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions.

Economic history.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Cincinnati (Ohio)--Economic conditions.

Cincinnati (Ohio).

Cincinnati (Ohio)--Social conditions.

Ohio--Cincinnati.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 206 pages): illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Everyday harms of racial capitalism

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2023]

Summary:

"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 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. Using 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."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. A Trick of the Light

Chapter One. Ghost Stories

Chapter Two. Neglect and Underdevelopment

Chapter Three. Trash Talk and Private Property

Chapter Four. Security and Policing

Chapter Five. Respectability, Antiblackness, and Suspicion

Conclusion. Urban Exorcism

Appendix A. Methods

Appendix B. Interview Questions

Appendix C. Interviewee Demographics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.

Description based on online resource (viewed Dec 1, 2023), publisher-supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-88-908511-1-6

979-88-908511-2-3

1-4696-7494-7

1-4696-7495-5

OCLC:

1395916611