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Author:   Rachel Stein ,  Marcy Knopf Newman ,  Anne Lucas ,  Winona LaDuke
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780813534275

ISBN 10:   0813534275
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 June 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Part One. Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Justice: Historical and Theoretical Roots 1. Toward a Queer Ecofeminism 2. Women, Sexuality, and Environmental Justice in American History Part Two. Gender, Sexuality, and Activism 3. Feminist Theory and Environmental Justice 4. Witness to Truth: Black Women Heeding the Call for Environmental Justice 5. The Role of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Class in Activists' Perceptions of Environmental Justice 6. Sexual Politics and Environmental Justice: Lesbian Separatists in Rural Oregon 7. Toxic Bodies? ACT UP's Disruption of the Heteronormative Landscape of the Nation Part Three. Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Health Concerns 8. Producing ""Roundup Ready"" Communities? Human Genome Research and Environmental Justice Policy 9. Public Eyes: Investigating the Causes of Breast Cancer 10. Gender, Asthma Politics, and Urban Environmental Justice Activism 11. No Remedy for the Inuit: Accountability for Environmental Harms under U.S. and International Law Part Four. Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Justice in Literature and Popular Culture 12. Bodily Invasions: Gene Trading and Organ Theft in Octavia Butler and Nalo Hopkinson's Speculative Fiction 13. Home Everywhere and the Injured Body of the World: The Subversive Humor of Blue Vinyl 14. ""Lo que quiero es tierra"": Longing and Belonging in Cherrie Moraga's Ecological Vision 15. Detecting Toxic Environments: Gay Mystery as Environmental Justice 16. ""The Power is Your, Planeteers!"" Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Children's Environmental Popular Culture Notes on Contributors Index"

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Despite the fact that I have studied environmental justice from a women's centered perspective for the past twenty years, every page of this book taught me something new. I found it so engaging that I couldn't bear to put it down.

"""Despite the fact that I have studied environmental justice from a women's centered perspective for the past twenty years, every page of this book taught me something new. I found it so engaging that I couldn't bear to put it down."""

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