Literature and Ecofeminism

Bringing together ecofeminism and ecological literary criticism (ecocriticism) this book presents diverse ways of understanding and responding to the tangled relationships between the personal social and environmental dimensions of human experience and expression. Literature and Ecofeminism explores the intersections of sexuality gender embodiment and the natural world articulated in literary works from Shakespeare through to contemporary literature. Bringing together essays from a global group of contributors this volume draws on American literature as well as Spanish South African Taiwanese and Indian literature in order to further the dialogue between ecofeminism and ecocriticism and demonstrate the ongoing relevance of ecofeminism for facilitating critical readings of literature. In doing so the book opens up multiple directions for ecofeminist ideas and practices as well as new possibilities for interpreting literature. This comprehensive volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecocriticism ecofeminism literature gender studies and the environmental humanities. . Language: English