Title: Literature and ecofeminism : intersectional and international voices /
Authors: Vakoch, Douglas A.,; Mickey, Sam, 1981-
Year: 2018
Subjects: Ecofeminism in literature.; Feminist literary criticism.; Ecofeminism in literature; Ecology in literature; Feminist literary criticism; Human ecology in literature; Nature in literature; Ecofeminism in literature.; Feminist literary criticism.; Ecocriticism.
Abstract: "Bringing together ecofeminism and ecological literary criticism (ecocriticism), this book presents diverse ways of understanding and responding to the tangled relationships between the personal, social, and environmental dimensions of human experience and expression. Literature and Ecofeminism explores the intersections of sexuality, gender, embodiment, and the natural world articulated in literary works from Shakespeare through to contemporary literature. Bringing together essays from a global group of contributors, this volume draws on American literature, as well as Spanish, South African, Taiwanese, and Indian literature, in order to further the dialogue between ecofeminism and ecocriticism and demonstrate the ongoing relevance of ecofeminism for facilitating critical readings of literature. In doing so, the book opens up multiple directions for ecofeminist ideas and practices, as well as new possibilities for interpreting literature. This comprehensive volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecocriticism, ecofeminism, literature, gender studies and the environmental humanities"--
Contents: Editor's preface / Sam Mickey -- Foreword / Greta Gaard -- Introduction / Patrick Murphy -- "Like a creature native": Ophelia's death and ecofeminism / Lesley Kordecki -- Anna Letitia Barbauld's Ecological sensibility / Calley A. Hornbuckle -- Mary Austin's proto-ecofeminist land ethic in The Ford (1917) and The Owens Valley water controversy / Emine Geçgil -- T. S. Eliot, Ecofeminist / Etienne Terblanche -- Ecofeminist philosophy and issues of identity in Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willows and Mr. Fortune's Maggot / Julia Tofans̆uk -- "Taking mighty strides across the world": Positioning Zora Neale Hurston in the ecofeminist tradition / Nicole Anae -- Ecofeminist sensibilities and rural land literacies in the work of contemporary Appalachian novelist Ann Pancake / Theresa L. Burriss -- Essentialist Tropes in At Play in the Fields of the Lord / Karl Zuelke -- Cyborg-goddesses in Linda Hogan's Indios and Jade Chen's Mazu's Body-guards / Peter I-min Huang -- Wolves, singing trees, and replicants: Ecofeminist readings of contemporary Spanish novels / Carmen Flys Junquera -- Ecofeminist moorings in globalized India: Literary discourse and interpretations / Swapna Gopinath, Sony Jalarajan Raj, and Soumya Jose -- The vocation of healing: The poetry of Malika Ndlovu / Deirdre Byrne -- Grace Nichols and Jackie Kay's Corporeal Black Venus: Feminist ecocritical realignments / Izabel F. O. Brandão -- Afterword: Ecofeminism through literary activism, hybridity, connections and caring / Anna Bedford.