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Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
Carolyn Finney
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Description for Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 2. Weight in Grams: 316.
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.
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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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469614489
SKU
V9781469614489
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About Carolyn Finney
Carolyn Finney is assistant professor of environmental science, policy, and management at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
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