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Good-Natured Feminist: Ecofeminism And The Quest For Democracy
Catriona Sandilands
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
A foundational statement of the democratic promise of ecofeminism.
Heroic mothers defending home and hearth against a nature deformed by multinationalist corporate practice: this may be a compelling story, but it is not necessarily the source of valid feminist or ecological critique. What’s missing is the democratic element, an insistence on bringing to public debate all the relations of gender and nature that such a view takes for granted. This book aims to situate a commitment to theory and politics—that is, to democratic practice—at the center of ecofeminism and, thus, to move toward an ecofeminism that is truly both feminist and ... Read more
The Good-Natured Feminist inaugurates a sustained conversation between ecofeminism and recent writings in feminist postmodernism and radical democracy. Starting with the assumption that ecofeminism is a body of democratic theory, the book tells how the movement originated in debates about “nature” in North American radical feminisms, how it then became entangled with identity politics, and how it now seeks to include nature in democratic conversation and, especially, to politicize relations between gender and nature in both theoretical and activist milieus. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816630974
SKU
V9780816630974
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About Catriona Sandilands
Catriona Sandilands is assistant professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto.
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