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Ecocriticism can be described in very general terms as the
investigation of the many ways in which culture and the environment
are interrelated and conceptualized. Ecocriticism aspires to
understand and often to celebrate the natural world, yet it does so
indirectly by focusing primarily on written texts. Hailed as one of
the most timely and provocative developments in literary and
cultural studies of recent decades, it has also been greeted with
bewilderment or scepticism by those for whom its aims and methods
are unclear. This book seeks to bring into view the development of
ecocriticism in the context of Canadian literary studies.
Selections include work by Margaret Atwood, Northrop Frye, Sherrill
Grace, and Rosemary Sullivan.
Can democrats be environmentalists? Democracy and the Claims of
Nature tackles the core questions raised by the intersection of our
democratic and environmental commitments, including the conceptual
and practical connections between democratic theory and
environmental ethics, the potential for an environmentally defined
democratic citizenship, the concerns of equity and justice in
environmental discourse and policy making, and the shape and future
of democratic environmental movements. The prominent
contributors-philosophers, political theorists, and social
scientists-engage both the complexities and the possibilities of a
robustly democratic environmentalism, and each offers their own
unique insights into the particular challenges that flow from the
intermingling of environmental ethics and politics. Taken together,
the essays provide an indispensable multidisciplinary analysis of
the ways in which our loyalties to democracy and the environment
confront and mutually reinforce one another in theory and practice.
Democracy and the Claims of Nature will be of great interest not
only to students and educators in environmental studies, American
political thought, and democratic theory, but to environmental
professionals and citizens concerned about the health of both our
democratic ideas and institutions and the environment in the 21st
Century.
This Elusive Land introduces readers to women's perceptions and
experiences of the Canadian natural environment. This
multidisciplinary anthology discusses the ways in which women
integrate the social and biophysical settings of their lives,
featuring a range of contexts and issues in which gender mediates,
inspires, and informs a sense of belonging to and in this land. In
particular, the historical association of women with domestic
nature is challenged by the investigation of women's lives in a
broad range of environments. The collection begins with an
introduction to literatures on women and the environment, and to
Canada within ecological feminist conversations. of Canada's
exploration and settlement, pointing to the literary, historical,
and geographic significance of women's experiences in a variety of
landscapes. Section two develops the ways in which the natural
environment is a source of social and economic livelihood, with
particular emphasis on fishery, forestry, agriculture, and parks.
The third section explores environmental politics through a
feminist perspective. The book concludes with a discussion of new
directions for a culturally and ecologically diverse Canadian
environment. informs environmental studies with a range of feminist
perspectives, and complements Canadian studies by integrating
disciplinary perspectives of the Canadian experience from the
humanities and social sciences.
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