Beyond Mothering Earth

Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care

AvSherilyn Macgregor

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Women's environmental activism is often described in maternalist terms – as if motherhood and caring for the environment go hand in hand. While feminists celebrate this connection, women and all those who care for people and environments are facing increasing burdens and decreasing time for civic engagement.In Beyond Mothering Earth, MacGregor argues that celebrations of "earthcare" as women's unique contribution to the search for sustainability often neglect to consider the importance of politics and citizenship in women's lives. Drawing on interviews with women who juggle private caring with civic engagement in quality-of-life concerns, she proposes an alternative: a project of feminist ecological citizenship that affirms the practice of citizenship as an intrinsically valuable activity while recognizing the foundational aspects of caring labour and natural processes that allow its specificity to flourish.Beyond Mothering Earth provides an original and empirically grounded understanding of women's involvement in quality-of-life activism and an analysis of citizenship that makes an important contribution to contemporary discussions of green politics, globalization, neoliberalism, and democratic justice. It will be of value to scholars and activists interested in the politics of environmental sustainability and the shifting meanings of citizenship in an increasingly vulnerable world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-01-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774812023
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for Book Award, Canadian Women’s Studies Association 2008 (Canada)

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Sherilyn MacGregor received her PhD from the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto. She is currently a lecturer in the School of Politics, International Relations, and Philosophy at Keele University in the UK.

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Acknowledgments1 Introduction: Earthcare or Feminist Ecological Citizenship?Part One: Theoretical Interrogations2 The Roots and Rhetoric of Ecomaternalism3 Down among the Women: Ecofeminism and Identity Politics at the Grassroots4 From Care to Citizenship: Calling Ecofeminism Back to Politics5 The Problems and Possibilities of Ecological CitizenshipPart Two: Conversations6 Conversations with Activist Women: Towards a Counter-Narrative7 The Private, the Public, and the Planet: Juggling Care and Activism in Daily Life8 Activist Women Theorize the Green Political9 No Motherhood Issue: The Project of Feminist Ecological CitizenshipAppendix: Research Process and MethodsNotesReferencesIndex