A Comprehensive Study of Ecofeminism
TL;DR: In this article, a Cartesian ontological belief has placed man over other beings and separated humans from nature and this Cartesian hierarchical thinking has led to the destruction of the environment so much that o...
Abstract: Cartesian ontological belief has placed man over other beings and has separated humans from nature. This Cartesian hierarchical thinking has led to the destruction of the environment so much that o...
Citations
More filters
Journal Article•
66 citations
19 citations
TL;DR: This article made an ecofeministic reading of Atwood's novel Surfacing and found that there is an invisible and intangible parallel between the marginalization of women and the exploitation of nature under the stipulations of the anthropocentric world.
Abstract: Margaret Atwood is an acclaimed Canadian writer who always dealt with women related issues in her writings. This paper attempts to make an ecofeministic reading of her brilliantly crafted novel Surfacing. There is an invisible and intangible parallel between the marginalization of women and the exploitation of nature under the stipulations of the anthropocentric world. The novel vividly portrays how the protagonist identifies herself with the Canadian wilderness and thereby draws sustenance from it.
References
More filters
Book•
01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: The Ecocriticism Reader as mentioned in this paper is a collection of classic and cutting-edge writings in the rapidly emerging field of literary ecology, the study of the ways that writing both reflects and influences our interactions with the natural world.
Abstract: "The Ecocriticism Reader" is the first collection of its kind, an anthology of classic and cutting-edge writings in the rapidly emerging field of literary ecology. Exploring the relationship between literature and the physical environment, literary ecology is the study of the ways that writing both reflects and influences our interactions with the natural world.An introduction to the field as well as a source book, "The Ecocriticism Reader" defines ecological literary discourse and sketches its development over the past quarter-century. The twenty-five selections in this volume, a mixture of reprinted and original essays, look backward to origins and forward to trends and provide generally appealing and lucidly written examples of the range of ecological approaches to literature. Lists of recommended readings, relevant periodicals, and professional organizations offer direction for further study."The Ecocriticism Reader" is an illuminating entree into a field of study fully engaged with our most pressing contemporary problem--the global environmental crisis.
661 citations
Book•
01 Oct 1990
TL;DR: A collection of articles, essays, and poetic prose pieces by 26 of the foremost writers, scholars, activists, artists, and spiritual teachers of ecofeminism, an emergent synthesis of the environmental, feminist, and women's spirituality movements as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A collection of articles, essays, and poetic prose pieces by 26 of the foremost writers, scholars, activists, artists, and spiritual teachers of ecofeminism, an emergent synthesis of the environmental, feminist, and women's spirituality movements. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
334 citations
"A Comprehensive Study of Ecofeminis..." refers background in this paper
...In prehistoric period, women were worshiped as a goddess and they were held in high esteem as a giver of life but due to the emergence of patriarchal culture “mother goddesses was dethroned and replaced by male gods and subsequently female deities became subservient” (Merchant 1990: 100)....
[...]
TL;DR: A queer, posthumanist, ecological and feminist approach is needed to tackle the antifeminist threads companioning the scientific response to climate change: the linked rhetorics of population control, erotophobia and ecophobia, anti-immigration sentiment, and increased militarism as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Synopsis Issues that women traditionally organize around—environmental health, habitats, livelihoods—have been marginalized in debates that treat climate change as a scientific problem requiring technological and scientific solutions without substantially transforming ideologies and economies of domination, exploitation and colonialism. Issues that GLBTQ people organize around—bullying in the schools, hate crimes, marriage equality, fair housing and health care—aren't even noted in climate change discussions. Feminist analyses are well positioned to address these and other structural inequalities in climate crises, and to unmask the gendered character of first-world overconsumption; moreover, both feminist animal studies and posthumanism bring awareness of species as an unexamined dimension in climate change. A queer, posthumanist, ecological and feminist approach—brought together through the intersectional lens of ecofeminism—is needed to tackle the antifeminist threads companioning the scientific response to climate change: the linked rhetorics of population control, erotophobia and ecophobia, anti-immigration sentiment, and increased militarism.
134 citations
"A Comprehensive Study of Ecofeminis..." refers background in this paper
...Finally women should be included in important decision making at local, national and international levels (Gaard 2015: 30)....
[...]
Book•
01 Jan 1991
117 citations
Additional excerpts
...Biehl Janet 1991....
[...]
TL;DR: The influence of ecofeminism on policy concerning gender (in)equality and the environment during the past 20 years has been discussed in this article, where the broad contours of the ecofeminist debate before focusing on the social construction interpretation of women's relationship with the environment is reviewed.
Abstract: This paper considers the influence of ecofeminism on policy concerning gender (in)equality and the environment during the past 20 years. It reviews the broad contours of the ecofeminist debate before focusing on the social construction interpretation of women's relationship with the environment. It will argue that there have been substantial policy shifts in Europe and the UK in both the environmental and equalities fields, and that this is in part a result of lobbying at a range of scales by groups informed by ecofeminist debates. Nevertheless, the paper cautions that these shifts are largely incremental and operate within existing structures, which inevitably limit their capacity to create change. As policy addresses some of the concerns highlighted by ecofeminism, academic discourse and grass roots activity have been moving on to address other issues, and the paper concludes with a brief consideration of contemporary trajectories of ecofeminism and campaigning on issues that link women's, feminist and environment concerns.
91 citations
"A Comprehensive Study of Ecofeminis..." refers background in this paper
...When compared to men women are “more disproportionately disadvantaged in chronic as well as catastrophic environmental hazard situation” (Buckingham 2004:152)....
[...]