New perspectives on environmental justice : gender, sexuality, and activism / edited by Rachel Stein.

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Women make up the vast majority of activists and organizers of grassroots movements fighting against environmental ills that threaten poor and people of color communities. New Perspectives on Environmental Justice is the first collection of essays that pays tribute to the enormous contributions women have made in these endeavors. The writers offer varied examples of environmental justice issues such as children & amp;rsquo;s environmental health campaigns, cancer research, AIDS/HIV activism, the Environmental Genome Project, and popular culture, among many others. Each one focuses on gender.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Toward a queer ecofeminism / Greta Gaard -- Women, sexuality, and environmental justice in American history / Nancy C. Unger -- Feminist theory and environmental justice / Robert R.M. Verchick -- Witness to truth: Black women heeding the call for environmental justice / Valerie Ann Kaalund -- The role of gender, race/ethnicity, and class in activists' perceptions of environmental justice / Diane-Michele Prindeville -- Sexual politics and environmental justice: lesbian separatists in rural Oregon / Catriona Sandilands -- Toxic bodies? ACT UP's disruption of the heteronormative landscape of the nation / Beth Berila -- Producing "Roundup Ready®" communities? human genome research and environmental justice policy / Giovanna Di Chiro -- Public eyes: investigating the causes of breast cancer / Marcy Jane Knopf-Newman -- Gender, asthma politics, and urban environmental justice activism / Julie Sze -- No remedy for the Inuit: accountability for environmental harms under U.S. and international law / Anne E. Lucas -- Bodily invasions: gene trading and organ theft in Octavia Butler and Nalo Hopkinson's speculative fiction / Rachel Stein -- Home everywhere and the injured body of the world: the subversive humor of Blue Vinyl / Arlene Plevin -- "Lo que quiero es tierra": longing and belonging in Cherríe Moraga's ecological vision / Priscilla Solis Ybarra -- Detecting toxic environments: gay mystery as environmental justice / Katie Hogan -- "The power is yours, planeteers!" race, gender, and sexuality in children's environmental popular culture / Noël Sturgeon.

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