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Beer and Racism

How Beer Became White, Why It Matters, and the Movements to Change It

By Nathaniel Chapman and David Brunsma

Published

Oct 14, 2020

Page count

228 pages

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Sociology of Diversity

ISBN

978-1529201796

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Oct 14, 2020

Page count

228 pages

Browse the series

Sociology of Diversity

ISBN

978-1529201758

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Oct 14, 2020

Page count

228 pages

Browse the series

Sociology of Diversity

ISBN

978-1529201772

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Oct 14, 2020

Page count

228 pages

Browse the series

Sociology of Diversity

ISBN

978-1529201772

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Beer and Racism

Beer in the United States has always been bound up with race, racism, and the construction of white institutions and identities.

Given the very quick rise of craft beer, as well as the myopic scholarly focus on economic and historical trends in the field, there is an urgent need to take stock of the intersectional inequalities that such realities gloss over.

This unique book carves a much-needed critical and interdisciplinary path to examine and understand the racial dynamics in the craft beer industry and the popular consumption of beer.

Nathaniel G. Chapman is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Arkansas Tech University.

David L. Brunsma is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech.

Foreword ~ Anthony Kwame Harrison

Brewing Up Race

Racism, Brewing, and Drinking in US History

The Making of the (White) Craft Beer Industry

The Paths to Becoming a Craft Brewer and Craft Beer Consumer

Exposure, Marketing, and Access: Malt Liquor and the Racialization of Taste

Gentrification and the Making of Craft Beer

White Spaces

#WeAreCraftBeer: Contemporary Movements to Change the Whiteness of Craft Beer