Black landscapes matter /edited by Walter Hood and Grace Mitchell Tada.
Black landscapes matter /edited by Walter Hood and Grace Mitchell Tada.
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (vi, 200 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
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
"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, MI, and Milwaukee, WI--along with calls to action"--
9780813944876
2020020085
African Americans--Social conditions.
Cultural landscapes--United States.
Landscapes--Symbolic aspects--United States.
Collective memory and city planning--United States.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .B533 2020
Includes bibliographies and index.
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
"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, MI, and Milwaukee, WI--along with calls to action"--
9780813944876
2020020085
African Americans--Social conditions.
Cultural landscapes--United States.
Landscapes--Symbolic aspects--United States.
Collective memory and city planning--United States.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .B533 2020