1st Edition

Contemporary Perspectives on Ecofeminism

Edited By Mary Phillips, Nick Rumens Copyright 2016
252 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Why is ecofeminism still needed to address the environmental emergencies and challenges of our times? Ecofeminism has a chequered history in terms of its popularity and its perceived value in conceptualizing the relationship between gender and nature as well as feeding forms of activism that aim to confront the environmental challenges of the moment. This book provides a much-needed... Read more

Introducing Contemporary Ecofeminism Mary Philips and Nick Rumens  Part 1 Theory  1. Eco/Feminist Genealogies: Renewing Promises and New Possibilities Niamh Moore  2. Ecofeminism and the Animal Erika Cudworth  3. Developing ecofeminist corporeality: Writing the body as activist poetics  Mary Phillips  4. Regeneration in Limbo: Ecofeminist Perspectives on the Multiple Crisis and Social Contract Adelheid Biesecker and Uta v. Winterfeld  5. Exploring the Confluence of Ecofeminism, Covenantal Ethics, and Action Research Mary Brydon-Miller and Anne Inga Hilsen  Part 2 Practice  6. Climate Adaptation in the Global South: Funding Women’s Farming Trish Glazebrook  7: Hidden Lives, Invisible Vocation? Giving Voice to Game Rangers’ Wives in Kwazulu–Natal, South Africa Ida Sabelis, Tamarisk van Vliet and Harry Wels  8. The Township Gaze: A Postcolonial Ecofeminist Theory for Touring the New South Africa Laura Wright  9. From ‘Cli-Fi’ to Critical Ecofeminism: Narratives of Climate Change and Climate Justice Greta Gaard  10. The Advantages of Gender theories in Analyses of Nature resource Management Christine Katz  11. Organizing and Managing Ecofeminism: Material Manifestations of Spiritual Principles in Business Ali Young and Scott Taylor

Biography

Mary Phillips is Reader in Organization Studies at The School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol, UK.

Nick Rumens is Professor of Organization Behaviour and Head of Department (Leadership, Work & Organization), at Middlesex University, UK.