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Critical Ecofeminism.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (253 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498533591
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.4201
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Contents:
Cover -- Critical Ecofeminism -- Critical Ecofeminism -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Introduction -- Listening -- Critical Ecofeminism -- Notes -- Part I -- Theory -- Chapter 1 -- Just Ecofeminist Sustainability -- Interogat ing Susta inability -- Environmental Justice -- Anticolonial Ecofeminism -- It's Critical: A Just, Ecofeminist Susta inability -- Reimagining Susta inability -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Plants and Animals -- Plant Studies: A New Field Emerges -- Defining "Species" and "Meat " -- Beyond Meat , Beyond Species -- Notes -- Part II -- Iluminat ions -- Chapter 3 -- Milk -- Milk Money: Gift Economies versus Capital -- Mother Dairy, Mother Nat ure -- Milk Has Something for Some Bodies -- Mater ial Perspectives on Milk and Bovine Agency -- Critical Ecofeminist Milk Studies -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Fireworks -- Fireworks in European History -- Modern-Day Anglophone Fireworks in Context -- Fireworks as Contemporary Narat ive in Fiction and Film -- A Critical Ecofeminist Perspective on Fireworks -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Animals in Space -- "Under My Thumb": Crash Test Dummies and One Smal Step for (a) Man -- Biosphere II: Escape to Inner Space -- Masculinist Cults , Space Escapes, and Other Techno-Solutions for Climate Change -- Conclusion: Toward Ecomasculinities on Eart h -- Notes -- Part III -- Climates -- Chapter 6 -- Climate Justice -- Herstory: Women's Climate Change Activism -- What 's the problem? Climate Change, Environmental Science, and Reformist Feminisms -- How Did the Problem Arise? Blaming Overpopulat ion and Backgrounding Gender Across Species -- What Do We Wa nt? A More Inclusive Climate Justice -- How Do We Get There? Goals and Outcomes -- Toward an Ecofeminist Climate Justice -- Notes -- Chapter 7 -- "Cli-Fi" Narratives -- Climate Change Fiction and "Cli-Fi" Science Fiction.
Climate Change Nonfiction Writing -- Children's and Young Adult Climate Change Narat ives -- Climate Change Documentar y and Film -- Geting the Full Story: From Environmental Sciences to Critical Ecofeminism -- Climate Justice Narat ives -- Critical Ecofeminism and Climate Change -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- Queering the Climate -- Toward an Ecological Masculinity -- Feminist Ecogenders and Ecosexualities -- Contemporary Ecomasculinities -- Toward Ecoerotic Justice: Ecomasculinities and Ecosexualities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This book affirms its feminist and activist roots, resists gender essentialisms, and companions the activist orientations of critical animal studies and environmental justice. It draws on feminist science and anticolonial studies, utilizing a posthumanist, queer feminist methodology to enhance discussions of today's ecopolitical challenges.
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Cover -- Critical Ecofeminism -- Critical Ecofeminism -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Introduction -- Listening -- Critical Ecofeminism -- Notes -- Part I -- Theory -- Chapter 1 -- Just Ecofeminist Sustainability -- Interogat ing Susta inability -- Environmental Justice -- Anticolonial Ecofeminism -- It's Critical: A Just, Ecofeminist Susta inability -- Reimagining Susta inability -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Plants and Animals -- Plant Studies: A New Field Emerges -- Defining "Species" and "Meat " -- Beyond Meat , Beyond Species -- Notes -- Part II -- Iluminat ions -- Chapter 3 -- Milk -- Milk Money: Gift Economies versus Capital -- Mother Dairy, Mother Nat ure -- Milk Has Something for Some Bodies -- Mater ial Perspectives on Milk and Bovine Agency -- Critical Ecofeminist Milk Studies -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Fireworks -- Fireworks in European History -- Modern-Day Anglophone Fireworks in Context -- Fireworks as Contemporary Narat ive in Fiction and Film -- A Critical Ecofeminist Perspective on Fireworks -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Animals in Space -- "Under My Thumb": Crash Test Dummies and One Smal Step for (a) Man -- Biosphere II: Escape to Inner Space -- Masculinist Cults , Space Escapes, and Other Techno-Solutions for Climate Change -- Conclusion: Toward Ecomasculinities on Eart h -- Notes -- Part III -- Climates -- Chapter 6 -- Climate Justice -- Herstory: Women's Climate Change Activism -- What 's the problem? Climate Change, Environmental Science, and Reformist Feminisms -- How Did the Problem Arise? Blaming Overpopulat ion and Backgrounding Gender Across Species -- What Do We Wa nt? A More Inclusive Climate Justice -- How Do We Get There? Goals and Outcomes -- Toward an Ecofeminist Climate Justice -- Notes -- Chapter 7 -- "Cli-Fi" Narratives -- Climate Change Fiction and "Cli-Fi" Science Fiction.

Climate Change Nonfiction Writing -- Children's and Young Adult Climate Change Narat ives -- Climate Change Documentar y and Film -- Geting the Full Story: From Environmental Sciences to Critical Ecofeminism -- Climate Justice Narat ives -- Critical Ecofeminism and Climate Change -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- Queering the Climate -- Toward an Ecological Masculinity -- Feminist Ecogenders and Ecosexualities -- Contemporary Ecomasculinities -- Toward Ecoerotic Justice: Ecomasculinities and Ecosexualities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book affirms its feminist and activist roots, resists gender essentialisms, and companions the activist orientations of critical animal studies and environmental justice. It draws on feminist science and anticolonial studies, utilizing a posthumanist, queer feminist methodology to enhance discussions of today's ecopolitical challenges.

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