Ecofeminism and Globalization

Exploring Culture, Context, and Religion

Contributions by Greta Gaard University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Ivone Gebara, Aruna Gnanadason feminist author and theologian, India, Wan-Li Ho, Lois Ann Lorentzen, Masatsugu Maruyama, Mary Mellor, Celia Nyamweru, Mary Judith Ress ecofeminist theologian, Rosemary Radford Ruether Claremont School of Theol, Noël Sturgeon Edited by Heather Eaton, Lois Ann Lorentzen

Publication date:

08 September 2003

Length of book:

272 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

236x158mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780742526976

Discusses ecofeminism in the context of the social, political and ecological consequences of globalization. The book includes case studies, essays, theoretical works, and articles on ecofeminist movements from many of the world's regions including Taiwan, Mexico, Kenya, Chile, India, Brazil, Canada, England and the United States.

Part 1 Foreword
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 I. Economic Globalization, the Environment, and Gender
Chapter 5 1. Gender and the Environment
Chapter 6 2. Can Ecofeminism Withstand Globalization?
Part 7 II. Challenges to Ecofeminism: Concrete Cases
Chapter 8 3. Women and Sacred Groves in Coastal Kenya: A Contribution to the Ecofeminist Debate
Chapter 9 4. Challenging Ecofeminism: The Case of Chiapas
Chapter 10 5. Traditions of Prudence Lost: A Tragic World of Broken Relationships
Part 11 III. Regional and Transnational Expressions of Ecofeminism and Responses to Globalization
Chapter 12 6. Ecofeminist Natures and Transnational Environmental Politics
Chapter 13 7. Environmental Protection as Religious Action: The Case of Taiwanese Buddhist Women
Chapter 14 8. The Con-spirando Women's Collective: Globalization from Below?
Chapter 15 9. Ecofeminism: An Ethics of Life
Chapter 16 10. Deconstructive Ecofeminism: A Japanese Critical Interpretation
Chapter 17 11. Ecofeminists in the Greens
Part 18 Contributors
Chapter 19 Selected Bibliography

This book is an extremely valuable resource for anyone trying to understand—or teach—the connections among gender, the environmental crisis, and globalization.