Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage

With a basis in environmental history, this groundbreaking study challenges the idea that a meaningful attachment to...
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Author: Dianne D. Glave
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Language: English
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Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage by Glave, Dianne D.

Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage

€26,99

Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage

€26,99
Author: Dianne D. Glave
Format: Paperback
Language: English
With a basis in environmental history, this groundbreaking study challenges the idea that a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the black experience. The discussion shows that contemporary African American culture is usually seen as an urban culture, one that arose out of the Great Migration and has contributed to international trends in fashion, music, and the arts ever since. But because of this urban focus, many African Americans are not at peace with their rich but tangled agrarian legacy. On one hand, the book shows, nature and violence are connected in black memory, especially in disturbing images such as slave ships on the ocean, exhaustion in the fields, dogs in the woods, and dead bodies hanging from trees. In contrast, though, there is also a competing tradition of African American stewardship of the land that should be better known. Emphasizing the tradition of black environmentalism and using storytelling techniques to dramatize the work of black naturalists, this account corrects the record and urges interested urban dwellers to get back to the land.

Author: Dianne D. Glave
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Published: 08/01/2010
Pages: 178
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781556527661


Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2011
Library Journal 07/01/2010 pg. 106
Booklist 08/01/2010 pg. 14
Publishers Weekly 10/04/2010

About the Author
Dianne D. Glave teaches in the department of history at Morehouse College. She is the coeditor of To Love the Wind and the Rain: African Americans and Environmental History.

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