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Chapter 14 - Nature, Gender, Sexuality

from Part III - Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2022

By
Greta Gaard
Edited by
Peter Remien  and
Scott Slovic
Peter Remien
Affiliation:
Lewis-Clark State College, Idaho
Scott Slovic
Affiliation:
University of Idaho
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Summary

In Chapter 14, “Nature, Gender, and Sexuality,” Greta Gaard constructs a genealogy feminist ecocriticism and ecofeminist literary criticism. Beginning with foundational figures like Rachel Carson, Carolyn Merchant, Val Plumwood, and Annette Kolodny (to whom the chapter is dedicated), Gaard displays the challenges that many women faced when establishing the field(s) and giving voice to ecofeminist ideas. Analyzing works by Freya Mathews, Linda Hogan, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Zora Neale Hurston, among many others, Gaard reveals the richly intersectional nature of contemporary ecofeminist criticism and feminist ecocriticism, which explore and develop out of the many junctures of gender, sexuality, indigeneity, and race.

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gendersexualityqueer theoryspeciesRachel CarsonAnnette KolodnyFreya MathewsLinda HoganVal Plumwood
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Nature and Literary Studies , pp. 261 - 279
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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