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Melody Hessing (Ed.) - This Elusive Land: Women and the Canadian Environment - 9780774811064 - V9780774811064
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This Elusive Land: Women and the Canadian Environment

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Description for This Elusive Land: Women and the Canadian Environment Hardback. This multidisciplinary anthology discusses the ways in which women integrate the social and biophysical settings of their lives, featuring a range of contexts and issues in which gender mediates, inspires, and informs a sense of belonging to and in this land. Editor(s): Hessing, Melody; Raglon, Rebecca; Sandilands, Catriona. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1fig.4tabs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ1; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 726.

This Elusive Land introduces readers to women’s perceptions and experiences of the Canadian natural environment. This multidisciplinary anthology discusses the ways in which women integrate the social and biophysical settings of their lives, featuring a range of contexts and issues in which gender mediates, inspires, and informs a sense of belonging to and in this land. In particular, the historical association of women with “domestic” nature is challenged by the investigation of women’s lives in a broad range of environments.

The collection begins with an introduction to literatures on women and the environment, and to Canada within ecological feminist conversations. The ... Read more

This book contributes to women’s studies through its environmental focus; informs environmental studies with a range of feminist perspectives; and complements Canadian studies by integrating disciplinary perspectives of the Canadian experience from the humanities and social sciences.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774811064
SKU
V9780774811064
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Melody Hessing (Ed.)
Melody Hessing is a member of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Douglas College. Rebecca Raglon teaches in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia. Catriona Sandilands is an associate professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and Canadian Research Chair in Sustainability and Culture at York University.

Reviews for This Elusive Land: Women and the Canadian Environment
This exhaustively-researched anthology reviews the experiences of women in their relation to the Canadian environment. It is meant to stress our dependence on the natural environment. The essays note the handicaps women faced via their marginalization but give constructive suggestions on their role in supporting and saving the environment. An excellent reference text.
Ron MacIsaac
The Lower Island ... Read more

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