Greening Africana studies : linking environmental studies with transforming Black experiences

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Label

Greening Africana studies : linking environmental studies with transforming Black experiences

Title remainder

linking environmental studies with transforming Black experiences

Statement of responsibility

Rubin Patterson

Creator

• Patterson, Rubin

Author

• Patterson, Rubin

Subject

• African American neighborhoods -- Environmental aspects
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries | General
• Climatic changes
• Climatic changes
• EDUCATION -- Higher
• Electronic books
• Environmental degradation
• Africa
• NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
• Sustainable development
• Sustainable development -- Africa
• Environmental degradation
• African American neighborhoods

Genre

• Environmental aspects
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"Insufficient attention has been given to the environment in Africana studies within the academy. In Greening Africana Studies, Rubin Patterson initiates an important conversation explaining why and how the gap between these two disciplines can and should be bridged. His comprehensive book calls for a green African transnationalism and focuses on the mission and major paradigms that identify the respective curriculum, research interests, and practices. In his original work, Patterson demonstrates the ways in which black communities are harmed by local environmental degradation and global climate change. He shows that many local unwanted land use sites (LULUs), such as brownfields and toxic release inventory facilities, are disproportionately located in close proximity to neighborhoods of color, but also to colleges and universities with Africana studies programs. Arguing that such communities are not aggressively engaging in environmental issues, Greening Africana Studies also provides examples of how Africana studies students as well as members of black communities can prepare for green careers"--

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Provided by publisher

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N$T

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography