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Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors

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An edition of Black Faces, White Spaces (2014)

Black Faces, White Spaces

Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors

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"Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreation, and environmentalism? In this thought-provoking study, Carolyn Finney looks beyond the discourse of the environmental justice movement to examine how the natural environment has been understood, commodified, and represented by both white and black Americans. Bridging the fields of environmental history, cultural studies, critical race studies, and geography, Finney argues that the legacies of slavery, Jim Crow, and racial violence have shaped cultural understandings of the "great outdoors" and determined who should and can have access to natural spaces. Drawing on a variety of sources from film, literature, and popular culture, and analyzing different historical moments, including the establishment of the Wilderness Act in 1964 and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Finney reveals the perceived and real ways in which nature and the environment are racialized in America. Looking toward the future, she also highlights the work of African Americans who are opening doors to greater participation in environmental and conservation concerns."

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English
Pages
173

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Cover of: Black Faces, White Spaces
Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
2014, University of North Carolina Press
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Cover of: Black Faces, White Spaces
Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
Sep 18, 2014, University of North Carolina Press
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Cover of: Black Faces, White Spaces
Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
2014, The University of North Carolina Press
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Table of Contents

Bamboozled --
Jungle fever --
Forty acres and a mule --
Black faces --
It's not easy being green --
The sanctified church: how sweet it is.

Edition Notes

Published in
Chapel Hill, USA

Classifications

Library of Congress
E185.86.F525 2014, E185.86 .F525 2014

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xviii, 173p.
Number of pages
173

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25889904M
ISBN 10
1469614480
ISBN 13
9781469614489
LCCN
2014000594
OCLC/WorldCat
868982188
Goodreads
18640643

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