The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature explores the interplay between the domination of nature and the oppression of women, as well as liberatory alternatives, bringing together essays from leading academics in the field to facilitate cutting-edge critical readings of literature. Covering the main theoretical approaches and key literary genres of the area, this volume includes:
• Examination of ecofeminism through the literatures of a diverse sampling of languages, including Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish; native speakers of Tamil, Vietnamese, Turkish, Slovene, and Icelandic.
• Analysis of core issues and topics, offering innovative approaches to interpreting literature, including: activism, animal studies, cultural studies, disability, gender essentialism, hegemonic masculinity, intersectionality, material ecocriticism, postcolonialism, posthumanism, postmodernism, race, and sentimental ecology.
• Surveys key periods and genres of ecofeminism and literary criticism, including chapters on Gothic, Romantic, and Victorian literatures, children and young adult literature, mystery, and detective fictions, including interconnected genres of climate fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, and distinctive perspectives provided by travel writing, autobiography, and poetry.
This collection explores how each of ecofeminism’s core concerns can foster a more emancipatory literary theory and criticism, now and in the future. This comprehensive volume will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, ecofeminism, ecocriticism, gender studies, and the environmental humanities.
Author(s): Douglas A. Vakoch
Series: Routledge Literature Handbooks
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 586
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Ecofeminism and Literature
PART I: Literatures in Diverse Languages
2 Chinese Literature and Ecofeminism
3 Taiwanese Literature and Ecofeminism
4 Philippine Literature and Ecofeminism
5 Vietnamese Literature and Ecofeminism
6 Australian Literature and Ecofeminism
7 Tamil Literature and Ecofeminism
8 Hindi Literature and Ecofeminism
9 Bengali Literature and Ecofeminism
10 African Literature and Ecofeminism
11 Arabic Literature and Ecofeminism
12 Turkish Literature and Ecofeminism
13 Slovene Literature and Ecofeminism
14 Latin Literature and Ecofeminism
15 Francophone Literature and Ecofeminism
16 Spanish Literature and Ecofeminism
17 South American Literature and Ecofeminism
18 Brazilian Literature and Ecofeminism
19 Native American and First Nations Literature and Ecofeminism
20 Icelandic Literature and Ecofeminism
21 Nordic Literature and Ecofeminism
22 Estonian Literature and Ecofeminism
23 English Literature and Ecofeminism
24 Welsh Literature and Ecofeminism
PART II: Core Issues and Topics
25 Activism and Ecofeminist Literature
26 Animal Studies and Ecofeminist Literature
27 Cultural Studies and Ecofeminist Literature
28 Disability and Ecofeminist Literature
29 Gender Essentialism and Ecofeminist Literature
30 Hegemonic Masculinity and Ecofeminist Literature
31 Intersectionality and Ecofeminist Literature
32 Material Ecocriticism and Ecofeminist Literature
33 Postcolonial Literature and Ecofeminism
34 Posthuman Literature and Ecofeminism
35 Postmodern Literature and Ecofeminism
36 Race and Ecofeminist Literature
37 Sentimental Ecology and Ecofeminist Literature
PART III: Literary Periods and Genres
38 Gothic Fiction and Ecofeminism
39 Romantic Literature and Ecofeminism
40 Victorian Literature and Ecofeminism
41 Children’s Fiction and Ecofeminism
42 Young Adult Fiction and Ecofeminism
43 Mystery and Detective Fiction and Ecofeminism
44 Climate Fiction and Ecofeminism
45 Science Fiction and Ecofeminism
46 Fantasy and Ecofeminism
47 Travel Writing and Ecofeminism
48 Autobiography and Ecofeminism
49 Poetry and Ecofeminism
Index
