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

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 Behavioural Sciences at Arkansas Tech University.

David L. Brunsma is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.