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The tangled roots of feminism, environmentalism, and Appalachian literature / Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt.

Title
The tangled roots of feminism, environmentalism, and Appalachian literature / Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt.
Author
Engelhardt, Elizabeth S. D. (Elizabeth Sanders Delwiche), 1969-
Publication
Athens : Ohio University Press, [2003], ©2003.

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Description
207 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"In The Tangled Roots of Feminism, Environmentalism, and Appalachian Literature, Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt examines the origins of what we recognize today as ecological feminism - a wide-reaching philosophy that values the connections between humans and nonhumans and that works for social and environmental justice - and follows its development in the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Appalachian women writers."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Ohio University Press series in ethnicity and gender in Appalachia
Uniform Title
Ohio University Press series in ethnicity and gender in Appalachia.
Subject
  • American literature > Appalachian Region > History and criticism
  • American literature > History and criticism
  • Appalachian Region > In literature
  • Cooke, Grace MacGowan, 1863-1944 > Appalachian Region
  • Ecofeminism > Appalachian Region
  • Ecofeminism in literature
  • Environmentalism > Appalachian Region
  • Feminism and literature > Appalachian Region
  • Miles, Emma Bell, 1879-1919 > Appalachian Region
  • Murfree, Mary Noailles, 1850-1922 > Appalachian Region
  • Smith, Effie Waller, 1879-1960 > Appalachian Region
  • Women and literature > Appalachian Region
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-201) and index.
Contents
1. How the Roots Became So Tangled: Appalachia, Feminism, and Environmentalism around 1900 -- 2. Voyeurs and Tourists: Appalachian Women in Sketches and Stories -- 3. Literature of the Social Crusaders: Letters to "Civilization" -- 4. Mary Noailles Murfree and Effie Waller Smith: Ecological Feminism's Roots, Part 1 -- 5. Emma Bell Miles and Grace MacGowan Cooke: Ecological Feminism's Roots, Part 2.
ISBN
  • 0821415093 (cl. : acid-free)
  • 0821415107 (pbk. : acid-free)
LCCN
2003048692
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries