When Culture Goes to Market : Space, Place,

When Culture Goes to Market encompasses an ethnographic study of Washington, DC's Eastern Market, a popular weekend produce and flea market, and the people who constitute it: vendors, market supervisors, and customers. By analyzing how this market

Robert J. Shepherd is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Honors at The George Washington University.

Building the Market	p. 21
The Politics of Preservation and Development: The Thirty Years War	p. 33
Composing and Consuming the Market: Vendors and Their Customers	p. 53
Market Order and Spatial Discipline: When Space Becomes Place	p. 83
Telling Stories: Vendors as a Community	p. 109
Value and Authenticity in a Festive Marketplace	p. 137
Conclusion	p. 157
Bibliography	p. 163
Index	p. 171
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When Culture Goes to Market : Space, Place, and Identity in an Urban Marketplace

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