Indian Feminist Ecocriticism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Following Françoise d’Eaubonne’s creation of the term “ecofeminism” in 1974, scholars around the world have explored ways that the degradation of the environment and the subjugation of women are linked. In the nearly three decades since the publication of the classical work Ecofeminism by Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva in 1993, several collections have appeared that apply ecofeminism to literary criticism, also known as feminist ecocriticism. The most recent of these include anthologies that emphasize international perspectives, furthering the comparative task launched by Mies and Shiva. To date, however, there have been no books devoted to gaining a broad-based understanding of feminist ecocriticism in India, understood in its own terms. Our new volume Indian Feminist Ecocriticism offers a survey of literature as seen through an ecofeminist lens by Indian scholars, which places contemporary literary analysis through a sampling of its diverse languages and in the context of millennia-old mythic traditions of India.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-08-08
Mått:158 x 237 x 25 mm
Vikt:558 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666908718

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Djurböcker inom Djur och Natur

Mer om författaren

Douglas A. Vakoch is president of METI, dedicated to Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence and sustaining civilization on multigenerational timescales. As director of Green Psychotherapy, PC, he helps alleviate environmental distress through ecotherapy.Nicole Anae is senior lecturer in literary and cultural studies at Central Queensland University, Australia, where she also holds the position as head of course for the Master of Creative Writing degree.

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Indian Feminist Ecocriticism, a significant contribution to the domain of environmental humanities, is a mosaic of pan-Indian narratives such as poetry, prose, fables, folktales, and bucolic oral tradition. It intersects the nexus of caste-class, socio-culture, socio-economic, and trans/gender across a wide time span. The book uniquely explores ethnographically reductive representation, indigenous cultural identities, autochthone identity, and anthropomorphized women which paves the way to environmental citizenship. Moreover, it engages Samkhya philosophy, Prakriti, and Purusha, an interplay between man and nature. This book is an opportunity to delve into the patterns of Indian ecological narratives through a histography of Indigenous and philosophical perspectives.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionNicole Anae and Douglas A. VakochPart 1. Ecofeminist Literature across IndiaChapter 1. Reading Ecofeminist Approaches: Postcolonial Women’s Writing in Hindi LiteraturePrachi PriyankaChapter 2. Ecofeminist Consciousness in Select Folktales of the Dungri Garasiya BhilsPronami BhattacharyyaChapter 3. Spiritual Ecology: An Ecofeminist Study of the Jhumur Songs of Tribal BengalAnindita ChatterjeePart 2. North East Indian PerspectivesChapter 4. Ecofeminism in Assamese LiteratureNibedita MukherjeeChapter 5. Violence in the Literature of North East India: An Ecofeminist PerspectiveShibani Phukan and Triveni Goswami VernalChapter 6. Indigenous Ecofeminism and Contemporary North East Indian Literature: Lessons in Eco-SwarajPanchali BhattacharyaChapter 7. Ecofeminism and Bodo Folktales and FolksongsEsther Daimari and Ivy DaimaryChapter 8. Women and Natural Resource Management in Naga Folktales and Peoplestories: Situating Easterine Kire’s FictionNilanjana Chatterjee