From "Mother Earth" to "Mother Nature", women have for centuries
been associated with nature. Feminists, troubled by the way in
which such representations show women controlled by powerful
natural forces and confined to domestic space, have sought to
distance themselves from nature. In Undomesticated Ground, Stacy
Alaimo issues a bold call to reclaim nature as feminist space. Her
analysis of a remarkable range of feminist writings -- as well as
of popular journalism, visual arts, television, and film --
powerfully demonstrates that nature has been and continues to be an
essential concept for feminist theory and practice.
Alaimo urges feminist theorists to rethink the concept of nature
by probing the vastly different meanings that it carries. She
discusses its significance for Americans engaged in social and
political struggles from, for example, the "Indian Wars" of the
early nineteenth century, to the birth control movement in the
1920s, to contemporary battles against racism and heterosexism.
Reading works by Catherine Sedgwick, Mary Austin, Emma Goldman,
Nella Larson, Donna Haraway, Toni Morrison, and others, Alaimo
finds that some of these writers strategically invoke nature for
feminist purposes while others cast nature as a postmodern agent of
resistance in the service of both environmentalism and the women's
movement.
By examining the importance of nature within literary and
political texts, this book greatly expands the parameters of the
nature writing genre and establishes nature as a crucial site for
the cultural work of feminism.
General
| Imprint: |
Cornell University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2000 |
| First published: |
June 2000 |
| Authors: |
Stacy Alaimo
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8014-8643-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-8014-8643-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780801486432 |
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