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haf666ia's review
informative
slow-paced
3.0
This book was very interesting, and clearly so well researched and written from a very intersectional viewpoint, which I really appreciated. I gained perspective on just how interconnected things are and how gentrification is not just about one thing and it’s not simple. However, as interesting as this book was is was SO dry. This felt like the longest short book I’ve ever read. It is written very academically which was challenging for me, it read like a dry school text. I also wish there were interviews from people in relation to what the chapters were about I wanted to hear more from people affected by gentrification in their own words; the author kept saying “this story I just shared about…” but there actually weren’t any stories present. So that was a bit odd. Overall this seems like a good book for someone who already understands a decent amount about the policies around and history about gentrification, as someone who did not know much it was hard to follow at times but still I gained some insight into how insidious the structures that lead to gentrification are. I also appreciated the last chapter on how some communities have pushed back against gentrification in their neighborhoods, that was a hopeful end to the book.
lauraafleming's review
5.0
Thank you West Kirby Book Shop for the ARC on this.
Absolutely incredible and going to be recommending this to everyone for a very long time.
Absolutely incredible and going to be recommending this to everyone for a very long time.
ncrozier's review
3.0
This book helped me understand gentrification a little better. However, I'm not quite sure it convinced me of it's central premise- that gentrification is not inevitable and can be stopped. I did very much appreciate the intersectionality of this book.
floraelmcolone's review
5.0
could not recommend this more as a starting point for learning about gentrification/why it happens/what you can do about it. kern gives a great explanation of the way gentrification operates while highlighting ways we can resist it and maintaining that we are not powerless or passive.
nothingforpomegranted's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.0
A very well-written primer on gentrification, what it is and what it isn’t, specifically its relationship with colonialism and colonization. I was intrigued by the stories that Kern raised as examples of gentrification and thought that she framed the text well in conversation with other research. The implications based on race, gender, and sexuality were interesting and important, but I think the author fell too far into the trap of Gen-Z “intersectionality” and the bucket of identities. That true intersectionality influences the impacts of gentrification is undeniable, but the final chapters defining anti-gentrification within a series of other movements rubbed me the wrong way, especially as it excluded other factors and identities (immigrant status, religion, nationality, etc.) that also certainly have roles in neighborhoods, enclaves, and gentrification.