The Politics of Resistance: Restaurant Gentrification and the Fight for Space

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dc.contributor.authorBurnett, Katherine
dc.contributor.supervisorMagnusson, Warren
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-30T20:09:54Z
dc.date.available2013-08-30T20:09:54Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-08-30
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractUrban redevelopment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, marginalizes low-income residents and threatens them with displacement. Site visits and an analysis of discourse suggest that gentrification and the establishment of new restaurants in the area have also contributed to a commodification of poverty. The impacts of restaurant gentrification provoke resistance, and the opening of a new restaurant accused of inviting voyeurism and objectifying neighbourhood residents has resulted in an indefinite picket out front. Interviews show that picketers are endeavouring both to stop gentrification and to win social housing and needed services for the area, while also attempting to create social, economic, and political change at a larger scale. The picket draws attention to the effects of restaurant gentrification on the neighbourhood and the disproportionate influence of the state apparatus on the Downtown Eastside, yet also seeks to preserve a heterotopic space as an alternative to a neoliberal urbanism.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0615en_US
dc.description.proquestemailburnettk@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4883
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectactivismen_US
dc.subjectgentrificationen_US
dc.subjectrestaurantsen_US
dc.subjectneoliberal urbanismen_US
dc.subjectVancouveren_US
dc.subjectDowntown Eastsideen_US
dc.titleThe Politics of Resistance: Restaurant Gentrification and the Fight for Spaceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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