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Author Finney, Carolyn.

Title Black faces, white spaces : reimagining the relationship of African Americans to the great outdoors / Carolyn Finney.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  304.2089 FINNEY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  304.2089 FINNEY    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 173 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "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."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Bamboozled -- Jungle fever -- Forty acres and a mule -- Black faces -- It's not easy being green -- The sanctified church: how sweet it is.
Subject African Americans -- Social conditions.
Human ecology -- United States.
NATURE -- Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Human ecology -- United States.
NATURE -- Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
African Americans -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00799698
Human ecology. (OCoLC)fst00962941
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 9781469614489 (paperback)
1469614480 (paperback)
9781469614496 (ebook)
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