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What urban food networks reveal about middle class livability in times of transformation 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? Cultivating Livability takes Bengaluru, India, as a case studya 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. Examining the varying efforts to reconfigure processes of food production, distribution, retail, and consumption, she reveal

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      Publisher University of Minnesota Press
      Published 5/21/2024
      ISBN-13 9781517914981
      978-1517914981
      ISBN-10 1517914981
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      Cultural studies: food and society

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      Book Synopsis
      What urban food networks reveal about middle class livability in times of transformation 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? Cultivating Livability takes Bengaluru, India, as a case studya 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. Examining the varying efforts to reconfigure processes of food production, distribution, retail, and consumption, she reveal

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