Women and Nature?: Beyond Dualism in Gender, Body, and Environment (Routledge Environmental Humanities)

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Women and Nature? Beyond Dualism in Gender, Body, and Environment provides a historical context for understanding the contested relationships between women and nature, and it articulates strategies for moving beyond the dualistic theories and practices that often frame those relationships. In 1974, Françoise d’Eaubonne coined the term "ecofeminism" to raise awareness about interconnections between women’s oppression and nature’s domination in an attempt to liberate women and nature from subordination. Since then, ecofeminism has attracted scholars and activists from various disciplines and positions to assess the relationship between the cultural human and the natural non-human through gender reconsiderations. The contributors to this volume present critical and constructive perspectives on ecofeminism throughout its history, from the beginnings of ecofeminism in the 1970s through to contemporary and emerging developments in the field, drawing on animal studies, postcolonialism, film studies, transgender studies, and political ecology. This interdisciplinary and international collection of essays demonstrates the ongoing relevance of ecofeminism as a way of understanding and responding to the complex interactions between genders, bodies, and the natural environment. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecofeminism as well as those involved in environmental studies and gender studies more broadly. 　
Copyright:
2017

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
220 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781351682398
Related ISBNs:
9781138053427, 9780367152406, 9781315167244
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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selection and editorial matter, Douglas A. Vakoch and Sam Mickey individual chapters
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts
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Edited by:
Douglas A. Vakoch
Edited by:
Sam Mickey

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