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Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Author: Francoise d'Eaubonne
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1839764406
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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The passionately argued, incendiary French feminist work that first defined “eco-feminism”—now available for the first time in English Originally published in French in 1974, radical feminist Francoise d’Eaubonne surveyed women’s status around the globe and argued that the stakes of feminist struggle was not about equality but about life and death—for humans and the planet. In this wide-ranging manifesto, d’Eaubonne first proposed a politics of ecofeminism, the idea that the patriarchal system's claim over women's bodies and the natural world destroys both, and that feminism and environmentalism must bring about a new “mutation”—an overthrow of not just male power but the system of power itself. As d’Eaubonne prophesied, “the planet placed in the feminine will flourish for all.” Never before published in English, and translated here by French feminist scholar Ruth Hottell, this edition includes an introduction from scholars of ecology and feminism situating d’Eaubonne’s work within current feminist theory, environmental justice organizing, and anticolonial feminism.

Author: Fatou Sow
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 2869787847
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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When, why and how can religion and culture be both sources, and places of expression for fundamentalisms, particularly in relation to politics? Those are the central questions asked throughout this book alongside a discussion on the result when religion, strenthened by culture, is used as a political tool to access moral and social power. Cultural and religious messages often form the basis of decisions, laws and programs made in politics, and have a direct effect on society in general, and on women and gender relations in particular. The various forms taken by fundamentalisms in some African countries and the contexts under which they have emerged, the ways in which they (re)shape identities and relationships between men and women are also analysed in this book. These fundamentalisms are frequently sources of concern in social debates, in feminist and feminine organizations as well as in academia and politics. The manipulation of cultures and religions are becoming progressively political, and consequently can cause social discrimination, or even physical, moral, and symbolic violence.

Author: A. Maynor Hardee
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789051834840
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Author: Marie-Hélène Bourcier
Publisher: Max Milo
ISBN: 2315012813
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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The male/female dichotomy is not obvious, and the feminist “we” is far from self-evident; its definition changes according to currents and ideologies. As well as fighting male domination, feminism can also defend different expressions of gender and sexuality. By examining the ideas defended by the different currents and how they fit into the social landscape, this book clarifies the direction in which they must unite if feminism is to remain a historically fertile movement. Marie-Hélène Bourcier is a lecturer at the University of Lille III, where she teaches cultural studies, feminist theory and queer theory. Her previous publications include the Queer Zones trilogy. Alice Moliner dite Labaz works for the press, publishing and communications. She has also illustrated La Femme est-elle soluble dans l’eau de vaisselle? by Anne Larue (Chiflet & Cie, 2008) and a campaign for UNICEF.

Author: Heather Eaton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567362752
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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This book is about ecofeminism and its encounter with theology, predominantly that of Christian theology in Euro-western contexts. It introduces and explores ecofeminism and the encounter. The goal is to understand the significance and implications of ecofeminism and its contribution and challenge to theology. A further goal is to assist ecofeminist theology, or theologies, to be more effective in preventing ecological ruin, assisting women's struggles for freedom and supporting the flourishing of all life on earth. Ecofeminism represents ways of discerning associations of many kinds between the feminist and ecological movements, and between the oppression and domination of both women and the earth. Ecofeminism is an insight, referring to critical analyses, political actions, historical research, intuitions and ideals. The ecological crisis is creating a pivotal moral and religious challenge, and new contexts for theology. There is a renewed spiritual sensitivity towards the natural world. We are in a time of a spiritual awakening, wherein the earth and all life are experienced, as sacred, where it is possible to experience awe and wonder, and encounter the ineffable. Ecofeminist theologies are at the intersection of these ideas and experiences. They are the efforts of particular people who see and experience possibilities for greater life, more justice and freedom. They do not accept that injustice and ecological ruin are inevitable. Ecofeminist efforts are directed towards reducing further ecological and social devastation, and awakening consciousness to the immense beauty and elegance of all life on this fragile yet awesome blue-green planet.

Author: Siobhán McIlvanney
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9780853235477
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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This text provides an analysis of Annie Ernaux's individual texts. It engages in a series of provocative close readings of her works to highlight the contradictions and nuances in her writing, demonstrating the intellectual intricacies of her work.

Author: Elizabeth Green
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789039002049
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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Een bundel artikelen over: Kosmisch bewustzijn en geheiligde ruimte, integratie van vrouwelijke symboliek in Indische christelijke kunst en architectuur / Caroline Mackenzie ; Feministische ethiek en de ecologiekwestie / Ina Praetorius ; Transmutatie van theologie, ecofeministische alchemie en de christelijke traditie / Elizabeth Green ; Vrouwen en de politiek van de diversiteit / Elisabetta Donini, reakties hierop door Celia Deane-Drummond, Aruna Gnanadason, en Lene Sjorup en Elisabetta Donini. Een artikel over Teresa van Avila / Harriëtte Blankers ; een korte biografische schets van Frl. Rabbiner Regina Jonas / Katherina von Kellenbach en een bijdrage over ecofeminisme in de Nordische landen / Dagny Kaul. De inleiding is van Anne Primavesi. Dit jaarboek is opgedragen aan de herinnering aan Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmes, mede-oprichtster van het Europese Genootschap voor Theologische Vrouwenstudies.

Author: Shirley R. Steinberg
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1526486474
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 2395

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**Winner of a 2022 American Educational Studies Association Critics′ Choice Book Award** This extensive Handbook brings together different aspects of critical pedagogy in order to open up a clear international conversation on the subject, as well as pushing the boundaries of current understanding by extending the notion of a pedagogy to multiple pedagogies and perspectives. Bringing together contributing authors from around the globe, chapters provide a unique approach and insight to the discipline by crossing a range of disciplines and articulating common philosophical and social themes. Chapters are organised across three volumes and twelve core thematic sections: Part 1: Social Theories of Critical Pedagogy Part 2: Seminal Figures in Critical Pedagogy Part 3: Transnational Perspectives and Critical Pedagogy Part 4: Indigenous Perspectives and Critical Pedagogy Part 5: On Education Part 6: In Classrooms Part 7: Critical Community Praxis Part 8: Reading Critical Pedagogy, Reading Paulo Freire Part 9: Communication, Media and Popular Culture Part 10: Arts and Aesthetics Part 11: Critical Youth Pedagogies Part 12: Technoscience, Ecology and Wellness The SAGE Handbook of Critical Pedagogies is an essential benchmark publication for advanced students, researchers and practitioners across a wide range of disciplines including education, health, sociology, anthropology and development studies

Author: Thérèse Callus
Publisher: Primento
ISBN: 2802745379
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Object of fascination and fantasy, the female body can be idealized, reified or shrouded. “It is we who make women what they are worth and that is why they are worthless”, proclaimed Mirabeau in the days of the Enlightenment, to which Aragon later replied: “Woman is the future of Man”. The ambiguities of the female body are therein exposed. This work examines the relationship between the female body and biomedicine. Many possibilities are offered to women through biomedical techniques: from assistance to procreate (with assisted reproduction) to refusal to do so (contraception, voluntary sterilization, termination of pregnancy); to be informed of genetic predispositions (through the use of available genetic tests); or to improve their physical appearance with cosmetic surgery. But a recurrent question arises: with its rapid progress and its extreme medicalization of the body, can biomedicine liberate women? Or rather, given the risks of the commodification of the body or its parts, is it not a source of exploitation ? The authors of this work, jurists, anthropologists, philosophers, sociologists and doctors, have explored these questions. The contributions from nineteen countries in this international multidisciplinary study analyse the reality of the amazing developments of biomedicine on the female body. Numerous systems are compared for the first time; European, African, North and South American, but also Chinese and Japanese. Beyond highlighting differences, and identifying similarities in the development of “enhancement medicine”, the objective of this work is ultimately to show the complexity surrounding the question of a woman’s freedom over her body and the extent to which this is limited by the State.