{"product_id":"new-perspectives-on-environmental-justice-gender-sexuality-and-activism-paperback-softback-9780813534275","title":"New Perspectives on Environmental Justice; Gender, Sexuality, and Activism (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813534275","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNew Perspectives on Environmental Justice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGender, Sexuality, and Activism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRachel Stein (Edited by), Marcy Knopf Newman (Contributions by), Anne Lucas (Contributions by), Winona LaDuke (Contributions by), Beth Berila (Contributions by), Giovanna Di Chiro (Contributions by), Greta Gaard (Contributions by), Katie Hogan (Contributions by), Valerie Kaalund (Contributions by), Arlene Plevin (Contributions by), Diane-Michele Prindeville (Contributions by), Julie Sze (Contributions by), Nancy Unger (Contributions by), Robert Verchick (Contributions by), Gayle Graham Yates (Contributions by), Noel Sturgeon (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813534275\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWomen make up the vast majority of activists and organizers of grassroots movements fighting against environmental ills that threaten poor and people of color communities. \u003ci\u003eNew Perspectives on Environmental Justice \u003c\/i\u003eis the first collection of essays that pays tribute to the enormous contributions women have made in these endeavors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe writers offer varied examples of environmental justice issues such as children's environmental health campaigns, cancer research, AIDS\/HIV activism, the Environmental Genome Project, and popular culture, among many others. Each one focuses on gender and sexuality as crucial factors in women's or gay men's activism and applies environmental justice principles to related struggles for sexual justice. The contributors represent a wide variety of activist and scholarly perspectives including law, environmental studies, sociology, political science, history, medical anthropology, American studies, English, African and African American studies, women's studies, and gay and lesbian studies, offering multiple vantage points on gender, sexuality, and activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeminist\/womanist impulses shape and sustain environmental justice movements around the world, making an understanding of gender roles and differences crucial for the success of these efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Foreword\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part One. Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Justice: Historical and Theoretical Roots\u003cbr\u003e 1. Toward a Queer Ecofeminism\u003cbr\u003e 2. Women, Sexuality, and Environmental Justice in American History\u003cbr\u003e Part Two. Gender, Sexuality, and Activism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Feminist Theory and Environmental Justice\u003cbr\u003e 4. Witness to Truth: Black Women Heeding the Call for Environmental Justice\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Role of Gender, Race\/Ethnicity, and Class in Activists' Perceptions of Environmental Justice\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sexual Politics and Environmental Justice: Lesbian Separatists in Rural Oregon\u003cbr\u003e 7. Toxic Bodies? ACT UP's Disruption of the Heteronormative Landscape of the Nation\u003cbr\u003e Part Three. Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Health Concerns\u003cbr\u003e 8. Producing \"\u003cbr\u003eRoundup Ready\"\u003cbr\u003e Communities? Human Genome Research and Environmental Justice Policy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Public Eyes: Investigating the Causes of Breast Cancer\u003cbr\u003e 10. Gender, Asthma Politics, and Urban Environmental Justice Activism\u003cbr\u003e 11. No Remedy for the Inuit: Accountability for Environmental Harms under U.S. and International Law\u003cbr\u003e Part Four. Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Justice in Literature and Popular Culture\u003cbr\u003e 12. Bodily Invasions: Gene Trading and Organ Theft in Octavia Butler and Nalo Hopkinson's Speculative Fiction\u003cbr\u003e 13. Home Everywhere and the Injured Body of the World: The Subversive Humor of Blue Vinyl\u003cbr\u003e 14. \"\u003cbr\u003eLo que quiero es tierra\"\u003cbr\u003e: Longing and Belonging in Cherrie Moraga's Ecological Vision\u003cbr\u003e 15. Detecting Toxic Environments: Gay Mystery as Environmental Justice\u003cbr\u003e 16. \"\u003cbr\u003eThe Power is Your, Planeteers!\"\u003cbr\u003e Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Children's Environmental Popular Culture\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702554947864,"sku":"9780813534275","price":26.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/new-perspectives-on-environmental-justice-gender-sexuality-and-activism-paperback-softback-9780813534275","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}