Discourse (Detroit, MI) articles

Recent articles from Discourse (Detroit, MI)

Introduction: race, environment, and representation.
March 22, 2007... In his preface to The Future of Environmental Criticism, Lawrence Buell writes, W. E. B. Du Bois predicted that the great public issue of the twentieth century would be the problem of the color line. In the century just begun, that problem shows no sign of abating. But ...

Green belt, White City: race and the natural landscape in Boulder, Colorado.
March 22, 2007... Boulder, Colorado, is often lauded, and often praises itself, for its proximity to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, its outdoorsy, active lifestyle, and its high quality of life. A New York Times article boldly proclaimed that "if you're a bike-riding, cliff-rappelling, latte-loving,...

Race and the new green media: lessons from environmental history.
March 22, 2007... In a recent issue of Mother Jones, the country's premier left-wing investigative journal, Jacques Leslie led readers on an environmental catastrophe tour of China. From deforestation to desertification, Leslie deftly chronicled the country's myriad environmental challenges. Toward the end of...

The keeping of Ray A. Young Bear.
March 22, 2007... "Can the subaltern speak?" So Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak wondered in a seminal essay of twenty years ago, only to answer the question with a resounding no. For Spivak, the "continuing construction of the subaltern" exercised by the hegemonic culture appeared sufficiently powerful to foreclose...

Race, regionalism, and biopower in Yokohama, California.
March 22, 2007... Population growth has massive environmental consequences. According to Paul Crutzen, we now live in an age in which the earth's destiny appears to be totally determined by human behavior. Although the sciences play a significant role in dealing with the immediate problems of unsustainable...