{"product_id":"the-colors-of-nature-culture-identity-and-the-natural-world-paperback","title":"The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Hawthorne Deming\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLauret E. Savoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, \"multiracial\" to \"mixedblood,\" the diversity of cultures in today's world is reflected in our richly various stories--stories of creation and destruction, displacement and heartbreak, hope and mystery. For centuries, this richness has been widely overlooked by readers of environmental literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing work from more than thirty contributors of widely diverse backgrounds--including Jamaica Kincaid on the fallacies of national myths; Robin Wall Kimmerer on the language of the natural world; Yusef Komunyakaa connecting the toxic legacy of his Louisiana hometown to a blind faith in capitalism; and bell hooks relating the quashing of multiculturalism to the destruction of \"unpredictable\" nature--\u003cem\u003eThe Colors of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e works against the grain of this traditional blind spot by exploring the relationship between culture and place, emphasizing the lasting value of cultural heritage, and revealing how this wealth of perspectives is essential to building a livable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBracing, provocative, and profoundly illuminating, \u003cem\u003eThe Colors of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e provides an antidote to the despair so often accompanying the intersection of cultural diversity and ecological awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Hawthorne Deming\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous works of nonfiction and poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eZoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e and the collections of poems \u003ci\u003eStairway to Heaven and Death Valley: Painted Light\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently the Agnese Nelms Haury Chair of Environment and Social Justice and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA teacher, earth scientist, writer, photographer, and pilot, \u003cb\u003eLauret Savoy\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eTrace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e (Counterpoint Press), a finalist for the 2016 PEN American Open Book Award and Phillis Wheatley Book Award, and the co-editor of several anthologies. She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and professor of environmental studies and geology at Mount Holyoke College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52940876021984,"sku":"9781571313195","price":26.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/UpElSvs-OT9781571313195.webp?v=1781616189","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-colors-of-nature-culture-identity-and-the-natural-world-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}