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OverviewInsufficient 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patterson Rubin , Rubin PattersonPublisher: Temple University Press Imprint: Temple University Press ISBN: 9781322573694ISBN 10: 1322573697 Pages: 243 Publication Date: 01 January 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsGreening Africana Studies offers an innovative and creative thesis with regard to the need to successfully integrate analyses of environmental issues that continue to impact the lives of people of African descent into the academic scholarship published by Africana scholars, as well as into existing curriculums taught in Africana Studies programs in the United States of America. --Bessie House-Soremekum Author InformationRubin Patterson is Chair of Sociology and Anthropology at Howard University in Washington, DC. He is also a Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the editor of African Brain Circulation: Beyond the Drain-Gain Debate and served for ten years as the founding editor of the journal Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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