Women and Nature?

Beyond Dualism in Gender, Body, and Environment

Douglas Vakoch, Sam Mickey

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Routledge
07 July 2017

Cultural studies; Feminism & feminist theory; Gender studies: women; Environmentalist thought & ideology

Series: Routledge Environmental Humanities

"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."

Edited by: Douglas Vakoch, Sam Mickey
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138053427
ISBN 10: 1138053422
Series: Routledge Environmental Humanities
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 07 July 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Douglas A. Vakoch is President of METI International, a nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) and supporting the sustainability of human culture on multigenerational timescales, which is essential for long-term METI research. Sam Mickey is Adjunct Professor in the Theology and Religious Studies Department at the University of San Francisco, U.S.

Reviews for Women and Nature?: Beyond Dualism in Gender, Body, and Environment

This innovative and engaging anthology on women and nature reveals the ongoing relevance of ecofeminism in today's global world by emphasizing postcolonialism, ecocriticism, queer ecology, animality, and feminist materialism. Anyone interested in the nuances and complexities of the women-nature connection across histories, belief-systems, and regions will want to buy this book. Carolyn Merchant, University of California at Berkeley The myriad ways that Earthly bodies - both human and nonhuman - continue to be bound by structures of patriarchy and domination requires sustained analysis. This transnational, transdisciplinary volume brings the lens of ecofeminism to bear on timely topics, including transgender studies, animal studies, and the new materialism. Elizabeth Allison, California Institute of Integral Studies