TY - BOOK AU - Hood,Walter AU - Tada,Grace Mitchell TI - Black landscapes matter SN - 9780813944876 AV - E185.86 .B52559 2020 U1 - 305.896/073 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - African Americans KW - Social conditions KW - Cultural landscapes KW - United States KW - Landscapes KW - Symbolic aspects KW - Collective memory and city planning KW - Electronic books KW - Noirs américains KW - Conditions sociales KW - Paysages culturels KW - États-Unis KW - Paysages KW - Aspect symbolique KW - Mémoire collective et urbanisme KW - Livres numériques KW - e-books KW - aat KW - ARCHITECTURE / Landscape KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Race relations KW - Relations raciales N1 - Includes bibliographical references 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2661129 ER -