The good-natured feminist : ecofeminism and the quest for democracy / Catriona Sandilands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandilands, Catriona.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecofeminism--Political aspects.

Ecofeminism.

Environmental ethics.

Environmental policy.

Feminist theory.

Green movement.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Mothers, Natures, and Ecofeminists; Part I: On the Subject of Ecofeminism; 1 A Genealogy of Ecofeminism; 2 Identity: Another Genealogy; 3 From Difference to Differences: A Proliferation of Ecofeminisms; 4 From Natural Identity to Radical Democracy; Part II: The Quest for a Radical Democratic Politics; 5 Cyborgs and Queers: Ecofeminism and the Politics of Coalition; 6 Ecofeminism, Universality, and Particularity; 7 Ecofeminism, Public and Private Life; 8 The Return of the Real: Ecofeminism and the "Wild" Side; Conclusion: The Lack of Conclusiveness

NotesIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8886-9

OCLC:

476094632