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"Black Landscapes Matter probes the very timely issue of how race, memory, and meaning intersect in the American landscape. The book provides examples of how African American landscapes are rejected and erased in a variety of places across the US--from Charlotte, NC, to New Orleans, LA, Detroit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hood, Walter, 1958- (Editor), Tada, Grace Mitchell (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social conditions.
Cultural landscapes > United States.
Landscapes > Symbolic aspects > United States.
Collective memory and city planning > United States.
Electronic books.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales.
Paysages culturels > États-Unis.
Paysages > Aspect symbolique > États-Unis.
Mémoire collective et urbanisme > États-Unis.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
ARCHITECTURE > Landscape.
African Americans > Social conditions
Collective memory and city planning
Cultural landscapes
Landscapes > Symbolic aspects
Race relations
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I: Calls to Action
  • AS AMERICAN AS BASEBALL (AND CENTRAL PARK)
  • INSISTING ON ANSWERS
  • BLACK LANDSCAPES MATTER ... THEN AND NOW, HERE AND EVERYWHERE
  • PART II: Practicing Culture
  • THE EVERYDAY AND MUNDANE
  • LIFEWAYS
  • COMMEMORATION
  • PART III: Notes from the Field
  • ENABLING CONNECTIONS TO EMPOWER PLACE: The Carolinas
  • THE PARADOXICAL BLACK LANDSCAPE: Trade and Tryon Streets, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • A TALE OF THE LANDSCAPE: Detroit, Michigan
  • SITE OF THE UNSEEN: The Racial Gaming of American Landscapes
  • RITUAL AND DISPLACEMENT IN NEW ORLEANS: The Photographs of Lewis Watts
  • THE BEERLINE TRAIL: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • AFTERWORD
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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