edited by Greta Gaard and Patrick D Murphy
contributions by Daniel S Geller, John A Vasquez, Paul F. Diehl, Jack S Levy, Salvatore Ali, Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, Gary Goertz, Zeev Maoz and Ben D Mor
University of Illinois Press, 1998
Paper: 978-0-252-06708-2 | Cloth: 978-0-252-02373-6
Library of Congress Classification PS169.E25E25 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.9355

ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Ecofeminist Literary Criticism is the first collection of its kind: a diverse anthology that explores both how ecofeminism can enrich literary criticism and how literary criticism can contribute to ecofeminist theory and activism.

Ecofeminism is a practical movement for social change that discerns interconnections among all forms of oppression: the exploitation of nature, the oppression of women, class exploitation, racism, colonialism. Against binary divisions such as self/other, culture/nature, man/woman, humans/animals, and white/non-white, ecofeminist theory asserts that human identity is shaped by more fluid relationships and by an acknowledgment of both connection and difference.


Once considered the province of philosophy and women's studies, ecofeminism in recent years has been incorporated into a broader spectrum of academic discourse. Ecofeminist Literary Criticism assembles some of the most insightful advocates of this perspective to illuminate ecofeminism as a valuable component of literary criticism.