Belonging

a culture of place

240 pages

English language

Published 2008 by Routledge.

ISBN:
978-0-415-96815-7
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OCLC Number:
228676700

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What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? How do we create community? When can we say that we truly belong? The issues of place and belonging are the subject of this book. Moving from past to present, the author charts a journey in which she moves from place to place, from country to city and back again, only to end where she began in her native place, Kentucky. She explores a geography of the heart, focusing on issues of homeplace, of land, and land stewardship, linking the issues to global environmentalism and sustainability. She writes about family and the ties that bind. And she focuses on the experience of black farmers, past and present who celebrate local organic food production. This work offers a vision of a world where all people, wherever they call home, can live fully …

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Subjects

  • Hooks, Bell
  • Home -- Social aspects
  • Home -- Kentucky
  • African American women -- Kentucky -- Biography
  • African Americans -- Kentucky -- Biography
  • Kentucky -- Biography

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