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A Political Ecology of Neglect: Race, Gender, and Environmental Change in Philadelphia


Book Description
This book examines the roles that racism and sexism play towards the exclusion of black women from urban public space in Philadelphia. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it explores how racial residential segregation and women⿿s fear of male sexual violence combine to regulate black women⿿s participation in the public sphere and deny them access to urban parks and open space. Further, it app... More
Book Information
PublisherVDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K.
BindingPaperback
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages232
ISBN-103639092694
ISBN-13978-3639092691
Publication Date10/16/2008
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About Alec Brownlow (Author) : Alec Brownlow is a published author. Published credits of Alec Brownlow include A Political Ecology of Neglect.
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