Name: city wilds,essays and stories about urban nature (in English)
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Author: bell hooks
ISBN: 9780820323398

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Type

Physical Book

Contributions by

bell hooks

Betsy Hilbert

Bob Marshall

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Author

bell hooks

Year

2002

Language

English

Pages

311

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.7 x 17.6 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN

082032339X

ISBN13

9780820323398

Synopsis "city wilds,essays and stories about urban nature (in English)"

The assumptions we make about nature writing too often lead us to see it only as a literature about wilderness or rural areas. This anthology broadens our awareness of American nature writing by featuring the flora, fauna, geology, and climate that enrich and shape urban life. Set in neither pristine nor exotic environs, these stories and essays take us to rivers, parks, vacant lots, lakes, gardens, and zoos as they convey nature's rich disregard of city limits signs. With writings by women and men from cities in all regions of the country and from different ethnic traditions, the anthology reflects the geographic differences and multicultural makeup of our cities. Works by well-known and emerging contemporary writers are included as well as pieces from important twentieth-century urban nature writers. Since more than 80 percent of Americans now live in urban areas, we need to enlarge our environmental concerns to encompass urban nature. By focusing on urban nature writing, the selections in City Wilds can help develop a more inclusive environmental consciousness, one that includes both the nature we see on a day-to-day basis and how such nearby nature is viewed by writers from diverse cultural backgrounds.

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(Kentucky, 1952-2021) Gloria Jean Watkins, conocida bajo el seudónimo de bell hook (que adoptó en honor a su bisabuela Bell Blair Hooks), es una escritora, feminista y activista social estadounidense. El enfoque de su escritura ha sido la interseccionalidad entre raza, clase y género, y lo que ella describe como su capacidad para producir y perpetuar sistemas de opresión y dominación de clase. Ha publicado más de 40 libros y numerosos artículos académicos, ha aparecido en documentales y participado en conferencias públicas. Se ha ocupado de la raza, la clase y el género en la educación, el arte, la historia, la sexualidad, los medios de comunicación y el feminismo. En 2014, fundó el Instituto bell hooks en Berea College, Berea, Kentucky.

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