Contemporary Perspectives on Ecofeminism

This book provides a much-needed comprehensive overview of the relevance and value of using eco-feminist theories. It gives a broad coverage of traditional and emerging eco-feminist theories and explores, across a range of chapters, their various contributions and uniquely spans various strands of ecofeminist thinking. It discusses the origins of influential eco-feminist theories including key themes and some of its leading figures (contributors include Erika Cudworth, Greta Gaard, Trish Glazebrook and Ariel Salleh), and outlines its influence on how scholars might come to a more generative understanding of the natural environment. It examines eco-feminism's potential contribution for advancing current discussions and research on the human world.

Introducing Contemporary Ecofeminism Part 1 Theory 1. Eco/Feminist Genealogies: Renewing Promises and New Possibilities 2. Ecofeminism and the Animal 3. Developing ecofeminist corporeality: Writing the body as activist poetics 4. Regeneration in Limbo: Ecofeminist Perspectives on the Multiple Crisis and Social Contract 5. Exploring the Confluence of Ecofeminism, Covenantal Ethics, and Action Research Part 2 Practice 6. Climate Adaptation in the Global South: Funding Women's Farming 7: Hidden Lives, Invisible Vocation? Giving Voice to Game Rangers' Wives in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 8. The Township Gaze: A Postcolonial Ecofeminist Theory for Touring the New South Africa 9. From 'Cli-Fi' to Critical Ecofeminism: Narratives of Climate Change and Climate Justice 10. The Advantages of Gender theories in Analyses of Nature resource Management 11. Organizing and Managing Ecofeminism: Material Manifestations of Spiritual Principles in Business