{"product_id":"new-perspectives-on-environmental-justice-gender-sexuality-and-activism-paperback","title":"New Perspectives on Environmental Justice: Gender, Sexuality, and Activism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarcy Knopf Newman\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eAnne Lucas\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen make up the vast majority of activists and organizers of grassroots movements fighting against environmental ills that threaten poor and people of color communities. \u003ci\u003eNew Perspectives on Environmental Justice\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection of essays that pays tribute to the enormous contributions women have made in these endeavors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe writers offer varied examples of environmental justice issues such as children's environmental health campaigns, cancer research, AIDS\/HIV activism, the Environmental Genome Project, and popular culture, among many others. Each one focuses on gender and sexuality as crucial factors in women's or gay men's activism and applies environmental justice principles to related struggles for sexual justice. The contributors represent a wide variety of activist and scholarly perspectives including law, environmental studies, sociology, political science, history, medical anthropology, American studies, English, African and African American studies, women's studies, and gay and lesbian studies, offering multiple vantage points on gender, sexuality, and activism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminist\/womanist impulses shape and sustain environmental justice movements around the world, making an understanding of gender roles and differences crucial for the success of these efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.98 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722579546175,"sku":"9780813534275","price":86.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/749d62075324b2f465c0b1855e3328ff.webp?v=1765096234","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/new-perspectives-on-environmental-justice-gender-sexuality-and-activism-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}