Description

Discusses ecofeminism in the context of the social, political and ecological consequences of globalization. The book includes case studies, essays, theoretical works, and articles on ecofeminist movements from many of the world's regions including Taiwan, Mexico, Kenya, Chile, India, Brazil, Canada, England and the United States.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Foreword
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 I. Economic Globalization, the Environment, and Gender
Chapter 5 1. Gender and the Environment
Chapter 6 2. Can Ecofeminism Withstand Globalization?
Part 7 II. Challenges to Ecofeminism: Concrete Cases
Chapter 8 3. Women and Sacred Groves in Coastal Kenya: A Contribution to the Ecofeminist Debate
Chapter 9 4. Challenging Ecofeminism: The Case of Chiapas
Chapter 10 5. Traditions of Prudence Lost: A Tragic World of Broken Relationships
Part 11 III. Regional and Transnational Expressions of Ecofeminism and Responses to Globalization
Chapter 12 6. Ecofeminist Natures and Transnational Environmental Politics
Chapter 13 7. Environmental Protection as Religious Action: The Case of Taiwanese Buddhist Women
Chapter 14 8. The Con-spirando Women's Collective: Globalization from Below?
Chapter 15 9. Ecofeminism: An Ethics of Life
Chapter 16 10. Deconstructive Ecofeminism: A Japanese Critical Interpretation
Chapter 17 11. Ecofeminists in the Greens
Part 18 Contributors
Chapter 19 Selected Bibliography

Product details

Published 03 Sep 2003
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 272
ISBN 9780742526983
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 229 x 150 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Heather Eaton

Anthology Editor

Lois Ann Lorentzen

Contributor

Greta Gaard

Contributor

Ivone Gebara

Contributor

Wan-Li Ho

Contributor

Mary Mellor

Contributor

Celia Nyamweru

Contributor

Noël Sturgeon

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