{"product_id":"greening-africana-studies-linking-environmental-studies-with-transforming-black-experiences-paperback-softback-9781439908723","title":"Greening Africana Studies; Linking Environmental Studies with Transforming Black Experiences (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439908723","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGreening Africana Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLinking Environmental Studies with Transforming Black Experiences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRubin Patterson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439908723\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 January 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.294 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGreening 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\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eInsufficient attention has been given to the environment in Africana studies within the academy. In \u003ci\u003eGreening Africana Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eGreening Africana Studies\u003c\/i\u003e also provides examples of how Africana studies students as well as members of black communities can prepare for green careers.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584904327448,"sku":"9781439908723","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/greening-africana-studies-linking-environmental-studies-with-transforming-black-experiences-paperback-softback-9781439908723","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}