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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: Rubin PattersonPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9781439908723ISBN 10: 1439908729 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 30 January 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. 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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