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"If you're on good terms with those people, you'll always have a place to eat": a Bourdieusian approach to food justice in a pay-what-you-can café

dc.contributor.authorShreeve, Kelly, author
dc.contributor.authorSbicca, Joshua, advisor
dc.contributor.authorCarolan, Michael, committee member
dc.contributor.authorJablonski, Becca, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-14T16:06:05Z
dc.date.available2017-09-14T16:06:05Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAlternative food initiatives (AFIs) are widespread, leading to questions from food justice scholars about whether these initiatives are doing justice. One common question is the degree to which initiatives are inclusive of race and class differences. This thesis undertook a four-month qualitative study of a unique, but less commonly studied initiative, a pay-what-you-can (PWC) cafe in a Mountain West state. The organizational structure lacks financial barriers to entry, allowing for people from all economic statuses to participate. Through a Bourdieusian analytical framework, and a multifaceted notion of justice, the thesis finds that the organizational rhetoric that values community, providing 'good food' to those without money, and recognizing the abilities of different individuals, explains which groups participate, how they are recognized, and the distribution of resources within the cafe. This matters because it shows how values and broader organizational rules affect how AFIs are able to do justice. These findings contribute to the literature on AFIs by focusing on newly emerging PWCs and expands debates about how such initiatives do food justice.
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dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifierShreeve_colostate_0053N_14376.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/184004
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectcommunity
dc.subjecthomelessness
dc.subjectalternative food
dc.subjectinequality
dc.subjectfood insecurity
dc.title"If you're on good terms with those people, you'll always have a place to eat": a Bourdieusian approach to food justice in a pay-what-you-can café
dc.title.alternativeIf you're on good terms with those people, you'll always have a place to eat: a Bourdieusian approach to food justice in a pay-what-you-can café
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thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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