IS THE BODY ESSENTIAL FOR ECOFEMINISM?

In this article, the author argues that the body is essential, that is, indispensable, to ecofeminism. Ecofeminists have revealed the many ways in which women and nature have been devalued and dominated. Although the author follows other ecofeminists in disagreeing with a mischaracterisation of ecof...

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Main Author: TERRI FIELD
Format: Printed Book
Published: Organization & Environment 13 (1) March 2000 39-60 2000
Subjects:
EMBODIED MATERIALISM FEMINISM ENVIRONMENT HEALTH HEALING
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/00470.pdf
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