Ecofeminism and Globalization [electronic resource] : Exploring Culture, Context, and Religion

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eaton.

Contributor:

Lorentzen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Ecofeminism.

Globalization.

Religion.

Local Subjects:

Culture.

Ecofeminism.

Globalization.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Other Title:

Ecofeminism and Globalization

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

ECOFEMINISM & GLOBALIZATION; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Economic Globalization, the Environment, and Gender; 1 Gender and the Environment; 2 Can Ecofeminism Withstand Corporate Globalization?; II Challenges to Ecofeminism: Concrete Cases; 3 Women and Sacred Groves in Coastal Kenya: A Contribution to the Ecofeminist Debate; 4 Indigenous Feet: Ecofeminism, Globalization, and the Case of Chiapas; 5 Traditions of Prudence Lost: A Tragic World of Broken Relationships; III Regional and Transnational Expressions of Ecofeminism and Responses to Globalization

6 Ecofeminist Natures and Transnational Environmental Politics7 Environmental Protection as Religious Action: The Case of Taiwanese Buddhist Women; 8 The Con-spirando Women's Collective: Globalization from Below?; 9 Ecofeminism: An Ethics of Life; 10 Deconstructive Ecofeminism: A Japanese Critical Interpretation; 11 Ecofeminists in the Greens; Selected Bibliography; Index; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-7425-2697-6

OCLC:

862049142