Dear Comrades,
Have you seen any critiques of ecofeminism? They don't have
to be cogent critiques. I'm covering the subject in my Religion and Ecology
class in a few weeks, and I'd like to throw in something to rile my students
up a bit--they're becoming too complacent. Thanks a lot.
Responses:
Bailey, Ronald _Eco-Scam: The False Prophets of
Ecological Apocalypse_
Biehl, Janet _Rethinking Ecofeminist Politics_
(Introduction)
Mellor, Mary _Feminism and Ecology_
Merchant, Carolyn _Earthcare: Women and the Environment_(NY,
Routledge, 1995).
Simon, Julian, Ed. _The State of Humanity_
Sturgeon, Noel _Ecofeminist Natures: Race, Gender, Feminist
Theory and Political Action_
Warren, Karen J., Ed. _Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature_
Other Suggestions:
....look at the early issue of Heresies on architecture and
Mimi Lobel's writings on the goddess in architecture. You might find something
useful in the art of Ana Mendieta or other women artists who use their bodies
and the earth.
"Woman: The Hunter" (an article on Mary Strange's work) in
_The Chronicle of Higher Education_; Aug. 15, 1997
There is a large literature critiquing the Malthusian premises
of radical environmentalists in general. See Virginia Postrel's "The Green Road
to Serfdom," _Reason_(April, 1990)