Ecofeminism in Dialogue

Sam Mickey is adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco.Douglas A. Vakoch is president of Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) International and editor of the book series Ecocritical Theory and Practice.

• Editor’s PrefaceSam Mickey IntroductionValerie Padilla CarrollPart I: Ecocritical Readings 1. Ecofeminist, Post-colonial, and Anti-capitalist Possibilities in Nalo Hopkinson’s Brown Girl in the RingAnna Bedford2. “I Learnt All the Words and Broke Them Up / To Make a Single Word: Homeland”: An Eco-Postcolonial Perspective of Resistance in Palestinian Women’s LiteratureBenay Blend 3. Pylons, Playgrounds, and Power Stations: Ecofeminism and Landscape in Women’s Short Fiction from WalesMichelle Deininger 4. Angela Carter’s Postmodern Wolf TalesKaren Ya-Chu Yang Part II: Emerging Ecofeminisms 5. “If only I had petals, my situation would be different”: The Curious Case of Nature Reserves and Shelters for Battered WomenEdna Gorney 6. Leaning into the Light: Towards an Ecofeminist Model of Family TherapyGail Grossman Freyne 7. Technofeminism and Ecofeminism: An Analysis of Geoengineering ResearchTina SikkaPart III: Religion and Spirituality 8. Weaving Ecofeminisms: Sharing the Reflections of Latin American WomenAnn Hidalgo 9. Women, Water, and Ecofeminism: A Method to Respond to the Commodification of WaterRachel Hart Winter 10. Hope Over Powerlessness: McFague’s Meditation on the World as God’s BodyRebecca Meier-Rao Part IV: Mapping Spaces: Geography and International Perspectives 11. Dilemmas and Possibilities of Online Activism in a Gendered SpaceJessica McLean 12. Mapping and Misrecognition: Ecofeminist Insights into Chicana Feminist AestheticsChristina Holmes 13. Ecofeminist Potentials for International Environmental LawKate Wilkinson Cross