Anna karenina the book examines the life of a woman and how she is constrained by social conventions. American feminist literature feminist comic books conservative. The term ecofeminism was coined in 1975, and the following year ecofeminism found fertile ground for exploration and growth in march peircys science fiction novel, woman on the edge of time 1976. The female character doesnt have to have a happy ending for the book to be feminist. The 5 best environmental books of all time mnn mother.
Ecofeminists attempt to bring together the concerns of feminism with considerations about ecology. This book provides an extraordinarily productive framework for. Ecofeminism by maria mies, feminism and the mastery of nature by val plumwood, the death of nature. As its popularity increases, look for more and more books that are straightup ecofeminist.
While it may not be a traditional book, enslers episodic play has become a major feminist touchpoint in the more than twenty years since it was first performed. This combined alike and contrasting western and southern feminism, with environmental, technological and feminist issues, all incorporated under the term ecofeminism. The 5 best environmental books of all time environmental news junkie peter dykstra ranks his favorite books about how science, politics, ideology, money and passion collide. Sue coe is a popular leftist artist whose dark, blunt pictures speak volumes.
In a book with ambitions to join the ranks of contemporary ecocriticism as mentioned in john elders foreword, such exclusivity is. Top ten most influential feminist books infoplease. Of the book, gloria steinem wrote, the beauty myth is a smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom. Ecofeminist books and ecofriendly books the feminist ezine. A nonfiction book published in 1991, the beauty myth was an instant bestseller and won the praise of many feminists. Vandana shiva, a physicist with expertise in ecology and environmental policy, and maria mies, a feminist social scientist, write about colonization, reproduction, biodiversity, food, soil, sustainable development, and other issues.
Mies has written books and articles that deal with topics relating to. Jill abramsons famous firing shortly after her debut as executive editor of. Ecofeminism by maria mies and vandana shiva 1993 this important text explores the links between patriarchal society and environmental destruction. An alphabetized list of ecofeminist writers includes the following. Womens environment and development organisation wedo, womanearth feminist peace institute, womens pentagon actions wpa and earth first. Vandana shiva born 5 november 1952 is an indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, and antiglobalization author. An organic farmer is the best peacemaker today, because there is more violence, more death, more destruction, more wars, through a violent industrial agricultural system. List of books and articles about ecofeminism online. In constructing their own ecofeminist epistemology and methodology, they look at movements advocating consumer liberation, subsistence production and sustainability, and argue for an acceptance of limits and reciprocity and the endless commoditification of needs. New york is an american ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science most famous for her theory and book of the same title on the death of nature. Postcolonial ecofeminism in indian novels in english. A book as relevant today as when it was first published.
Throughout the book, sturgeon gives examples of ecofeminism at work by looking at various direct action movements that exist within ecofeminism. Shiva cowrote the book ecofeminism in 1993 with german anarchist and radical feminist sociologist maria mies. Ecofeminism by maria mies, vandana shiva, paperback barnes. The body of ecofeminist research explores how recognizing and revaluing gender roles might have a positive effect on the relationship between society and the environment. Two of the most famous ecofeminists, maria mies and vandana shiva, declared in their introduction to the book ecofeminism in 1993. Starhawk calls this an earthbased spirituality, which recognizes that the earth is alive, that we are interconnected, as well as a community. Spiritual ecofeminism is another branch of ecofeminism, and it is popular among ecofeminist authors such as starhawk, riane eisler, carol j. Ecofeminism is a common contraction for ecological feminism.
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