Beyond sun and sand : Caribbean environmentalisms

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Beyond sun and sand : Caribbean environmentalisms

edited by Sherrie L. Baver, Barbara Deutsch Lynch

Rutgers University Press, c2006

  • : hardcover
  • : pbk.
  • : hardcover
  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-189) and index

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Contents of Works

  • Issues and movements. The political ecology of paradise / Sherrie L. Baver and Barbara Deutsch Lynch
  • Environmental movements in the Caribbean / Francine Jácome
  • The political ecology of sun and sand. Paradise sold, paradise lost: Jamaica's environment and culture in the tourism marketplace / Marian A.L. Miller
  • Historical contentions and future trends in the coastal zones: the environmental movement in Puerto Rico / Manuel Valdés Pizzini
  • The struggle for sustainable tourism in Martinique / Maurice Burac
  • Behind the beach: productive landscapes and environmental change. Puerto Rico: economic and environmental overview / Neftali García-Martinez ... [et al.]
  • Seeking agricultural sustainability: Cuban and Dominican strategies / Barbara Deutsch Lynch
  • "Ni una bomba mas:" reframing the Vieques struggle / Katherine T. McCaffrey and Sherrie Baver
  • Risky environments and the Caribbean diaspora. Environmental justice for Puerto Ricans in the northeast: a participant-observer's assessment / Ricardo Soto-Lopez
  • Environmental risk and childhood disease in an urban working-class Caribbean neighborhood / Lorraine C. Minnite and Immanuel Ness
  • Conclusion: toward a Creole envrionmentalism / Barbara Deutsch Lynch

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hardcover ISBN 9780813536538

Description

Filtered through the lens of the North American and European media, the Caribbean appears to be a series of idyllic landscapes - sanctuaries designed for sailing, diving, and basking in the sun on endless white sandy beaches. Conservation literature paints a similarly enticing portrait, describing the region as a habitat for endangered coral reefs and their denizens, parrots, butterflies, turtles, snails, and a myriad of plant species. In both versions, the image of the exotic landscape overshadows the rich island cultures that are both linguistically and politically diverse, but trapped in a global economy that offers few options for development. Popular depictions also overlook the reality that the region is fraught with environmental problems, including water and air pollution, solid waste mismanagement, destruction of ecosystems, deforestation, and the transition from agriculture to ranching. Bringing together ten essays by social scientists and activists, ""Beyond Sun and Sand"" provides the most comprehensive exploration to date of the range of environmental issues facing the region and the social movements that have developed to deal with them. The authors consider the role that global and regional political economies play in this process and provide valuable insight into Caribbean environmentalism. Many of the essays by prominent Caribbean analysts are made available for the first time in English.
Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780813536545

Description

Filtered through the lens of the North American and European media, the Caribbean appears to be a series of idyllic landscapes-sanctuaries designed for sailing, diving, and basking in the sun on endless white sandy beaches. Conservation literature paints a similarly enticing portrait, describing the region as a habitat for endangered coral reefs and their denizens, parrots, butterflies, turtles, snails, and a myriad of plant species. In both versions, the image of the exotic landscape overshadows the rich island cultures that are both linguistically and politically diverse, but trapped in a global economy that offers few options for development. Popular depictions also overlook the reality that the region is fraught with environmental problems, including water and air pollution, solid waste mismanagement, destruction of ecosystems, deforestation, and the transition from agriculture to ranching. Bringing together ten essays by social scientists and activists, Beyond Sun and Sand provides the most comprehensive exploration to date of the range of environmental issues facing the region and the social movements that have developed to deal with them. The authors consider the role that global and regional political economies play in this process and provide valuable insight into Caribbean environmentalism. Many of the essays by prominent Caribbean analysts are made available for the first time in English.

Table of Contents

Table of ContentsPART ONE: ISSUES AND MOVEMENTS 1. THE POLITAL ECOLOGY OF PARADISE Sherrie L. Baver and Barbara Deutsch Lynch 2. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS IN THE CARIBBEAN Francine Jacome PART TWO: THE POLITICAL ECOLOY OF SUN AND SAND 3. PARADISE SOLD, PARADISE LOST: JAMAICA'S ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE IN THE TOURISM MARKETPLACE Marian A.L. Miller 4. HISTORICAL CONTENTIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE: THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN PUERTO RICO Manuel Valds Pizzini 5. THE STRUGGLE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN MARTINIQUE Maurice Burac Translated by Juliet MacDowell and Robert C.A. Sorensen PART THREE: BEHIND THE BEACH: PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 6. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POVERTY, DETERIORATING HEALTH STATUS AND INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN PUERTO RICO Neftali Garca, Mara Muoz Vazquez, Norma Delgado, Tania Garcia Ramos, and Sara Peisch 7. SEEKING AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY: CUBAN AND DOMINICAN STRATEGIES Barbara Deutsch Lynch 8. "NI UNA BOMBA MAS:" REFRAMING THE VIEQUES STRUGGLE Katherine T. McCaffrey and Sherrie Baver PART FOUR: RISKY ENVIRONMENTS AND THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA 9. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR PUERTO RICANS IN THE NORTHEAST: A PARTICIPANT OBSERVER'S ASSESSMENT Ricardo Soto-Lopez 10. ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND CHILDHOOD DISEASE IN AN URBAN WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD Immanuel Ness and Lorraine Minnite CONCLUSION: TOWARD A CREOLE ENVIRONMENTALISM Barbara Deutsch Lynch Index

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