The colors of nature : culture, identity, and the natural world /
The colors of nature : culture, identity, and the natural world /
edited by Alison H. Deming and Lauret E. Savoy.
- Rev. ed.
- Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, 2011.
- 337 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Widening the frame / Birth witness / In history / Tales from a black girl on fire, or why I hate to walk outside and see things burning / Crossing boundaries / Working in a region of lost names / Notes on the New World / Invoking the ancestors / Hope and feathers : a crisis in birder identification / Confronting environmental racism in the twenty-first century / 70117 / Dark waters / Mujere de Maíz : women, corn, and free trade in the Americas / Hazardous cargo / Silent parrot blues / The art gallery / Touching on skin / The thinking men / Learning the grammar of animacy / Listening for the ancient tones, watching for sign, tasting for the mountain thyme / Earthbound : on solid ground / This weight of small bodies / Sharing breath : some links between land, plants, and people / Burning the shelter / At the end of Ridge Road : from a nature journal / Reclaiming ourselves, reclaiming America / A tapestry of browns and greens / Porphyrin rings / Becoming Métis / In the valley of its saying / Tarsenna's defiance garden in which I love to spit / Ke au Lono i Kaho'olawe, ho'i = The era of Lono at Kaho'olawe, returned / Belonging to the land / Lauret E. Savoy and Alison H. Deming -- Return. Ofelia Zepeda -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Camille T. Dungy -- Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston -- Fred Arroyo -- Faith Adiele -- Aileen Suzara -- J. Drew Lanham -- Witness. Robert D. Bullard -- A.J. Verdelle -- Yusef Komunyakaa -- Maria Melendez -- Ray Gonzalez -- Al Young -- Elmaz Abinader -- Kimiko Hahn -- Encounter. Nikky Finney -- Robin Wall Kimmerer -- Gary Paul Nabhan -- bell hooks -- Kimberly M. Blaeser -- Enrique Salmon -- Louis Owens -- Joseph Bruchac -- Praise. Francisco X. Alarcón -- Nalini Nadkarni -- Jennifer Oladipo -- Melissa Nelson -- Debra Kang Dean -- Thylias Moss -- Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele -- David Mas Masumoto.
"From African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, "multiracial" to "mixedblood," the diversity of cultures in today's world is reflected in our richly various stories--stories of creation and destruction, displacement and heartbreak, hope and mystery. For centuries, this richness has been widely overlooked by readers of environmental literature. Including work from more than thirty contributors of widely diverse backgrounds, this collection works against the grain of this traditional blind spot by exploring the relationship between culture and place, emphasizing the lasting value of cultural heritage, and revealing how this wealth of perspectives is essential to building a livable future"--Page 4 of cover.
1571313192 9781571313195
2012392289
Nature--Essays.
Cultural identity--Essays.
QH81 / .C663 2011
Includes bibliographical references.
Widening the frame / Birth witness / In history / Tales from a black girl on fire, or why I hate to walk outside and see things burning / Crossing boundaries / Working in a region of lost names / Notes on the New World / Invoking the ancestors / Hope and feathers : a crisis in birder identification / Confronting environmental racism in the twenty-first century / 70117 / Dark waters / Mujere de Maíz : women, corn, and free trade in the Americas / Hazardous cargo / Silent parrot blues / The art gallery / Touching on skin / The thinking men / Learning the grammar of animacy / Listening for the ancient tones, watching for sign, tasting for the mountain thyme / Earthbound : on solid ground / This weight of small bodies / Sharing breath : some links between land, plants, and people / Burning the shelter / At the end of Ridge Road : from a nature journal / Reclaiming ourselves, reclaiming America / A tapestry of browns and greens / Porphyrin rings / Becoming Métis / In the valley of its saying / Tarsenna's defiance garden in which I love to spit / Ke au Lono i Kaho'olawe, ho'i = The era of Lono at Kaho'olawe, returned / Belonging to the land / Lauret E. Savoy and Alison H. Deming -- Return. Ofelia Zepeda -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Camille T. Dungy -- Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston -- Fred Arroyo -- Faith Adiele -- Aileen Suzara -- J. Drew Lanham -- Witness. Robert D. Bullard -- A.J. Verdelle -- Yusef Komunyakaa -- Maria Melendez -- Ray Gonzalez -- Al Young -- Elmaz Abinader -- Kimiko Hahn -- Encounter. Nikky Finney -- Robin Wall Kimmerer -- Gary Paul Nabhan -- bell hooks -- Kimberly M. Blaeser -- Enrique Salmon -- Louis Owens -- Joseph Bruchac -- Praise. Francisco X. Alarcón -- Nalini Nadkarni -- Jennifer Oladipo -- Melissa Nelson -- Debra Kang Dean -- Thylias Moss -- Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele -- David Mas Masumoto.
"From African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, "multiracial" to "mixedblood," the diversity of cultures in today's world is reflected in our richly various stories--stories of creation and destruction, displacement and heartbreak, hope and mystery. For centuries, this richness has been widely overlooked by readers of environmental literature. Including work from more than thirty contributors of widely diverse backgrounds, this collection works against the grain of this traditional blind spot by exploring the relationship between culture and place, emphasizing the lasting value of cultural heritage, and revealing how this wealth of perspectives is essential to building a livable future"--Page 4 of cover.
1571313192 9781571313195
2012392289
Nature--Essays.
Cultural identity--Essays.
QH81 / .C663 2011