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Feminist Ecocriticism: Environment, Women, and Literature (Ecocritical Theory and Practice) by Douglas A. Vakoch; Vicky L. Adams; Marnie M. Sullivan; Theda Wrede; Jeffrey A. Lockwood; Richard M. Magee; Eric Otto; Monique LaRocque is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"Feminist Ecocriticism examines the interplay of women and nature as seen through literary theory and criticism, drawing on insights from such diverse fields as chaos theory and psychoanalysis, while examining genres ranging from nineteenth-century sentimental literature to contemporary science fiction. The book explores the central claim of ecofeminism - that there is a connection between environmental degradation and the subordination of women - with the goal of identifying and fostering liberatory alternatives. Feminist Ecocriticism analyzes the work of such diverse women writers as Rachel Carson, Barbara Kingsolver, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Mary Shelley. By including chapters from a comparable number of women and men, this book dispels the notion that ecofeminism is relevant to and used by only female scholars. After uncovering the oppressive dichotomies of male/female and nature/culture that underlie contemporary environmental problems, Feminist Ecocriticism focuses specifically on emancipatory strategies employed by ecofeminist literary critics as antidotes, asking what our lives might be like as those strategies become increasingly successful in overcoming oppression. Thus, e
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- Author
- Douglas A. Vakoch; Vicky L. Adams; Marnie M. Sullivan; Theda Wrede; Jeffrey A. Lockwood; Richard M. Magee; Eric Otto; Monique LaRocque
- Publisher
- Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780739176825
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Nature, History
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