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Ecowomanism at the Panama Canal

- Black Women, Labor, and Environmental Ethics
Af: Sofia Betancourt Engelsk Hardback

Ecowomanism at the Panama Canal

- Black Women, Labor, and Environmental Ethics
Af: Sofia Betancourt Engelsk Hardback
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In Ecowomanism at the Panamá Canal: Black Women, Labor, and Environmental Ethics, Sofia Betancourt constructs a transnational ecowomanist ethic that reclaims inherited environmental cultures across multiple sites of displacement. Betancourt argues that as survivors of the inconceivable, as carriers of cultural values and communal accountability, and as those who have never been allowed to reject or forget our their own embodiment, women in the African diaspora have a unique understanding of how a moral refusal to compromise their humanity provides the very understanding needed to survive what was once an inconceivable level of environmental devastation. That wisdom redefines our ideas of survival itself, and in doing so gives us new knowledge on what it means to live a value-centered, human life. This understanding of human nature and its interrelatedness with all of creation draws from the moral wisdom of women in the African diaspora. Most specifically, this work is guided by the experiences of West Indian women, imported to Panamá by the United States from across the Caribbean, whose labor supported the building of the Panamá Canal—the so-called silver men and women who faced mud, mosquitoes, and malaria while building a literal pathway to American empire.

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In Ecowomanism at the Panamá Canal: Black Women, Labor, and Environmental Ethics, Sofia Betancourt constructs a transnational ecowomanist ethic that reclaims inherited environmental cultures across multiple sites of displacement. Betancourt argues that as survivors of the inconceivable, as carriers of cultural values and communal accountability, and as those who have never been allowed to reject or forget our their own embodiment, women in the African diaspora have a unique understanding of how a moral refusal to compromise their humanity provides the very understanding needed to survive what was once an inconceivable level of environmental devastation. That wisdom redefines our ideas of survival itself, and in doing so gives us new knowledge on what it means to live a value-centered, human life. This understanding of human nature and its interrelatedness with all of creation draws from the moral wisdom of women in the African diaspora. Most specifically, this work is guided by the experiences of West Indian women, imported to Panamá by the United States from across the Caribbean, whose labor supported the building of the Panamá Canal—the so-called silver men and women who faced mud, mosquitoes, and malaria while building a literal pathway to American empire.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 162
ISBN-13: 9781793641380
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1793641382
Kategori: Religion og etik
Udg. Dato: 15 jan 2022
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 237mm
Højde: 159mm
Forlag: Lexington Books
Oplagsdato: 15 jan 2022
Forfatter(e): Sofia Betancourt
Forfatter(e) Sofia Betancourt


Kategori Religion og etik


ISBN-13 9781793641380


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 162


Udgave


Længde 18mm


Bredde 237mm


Højde 159mm


Udg. Dato 15 jan 2022


Oplagsdato 15 jan 2022


Forlag Lexington Books