Research Catalog

Title

Beyond mothering earth : ecological citizenship and the politics of care / Sherilyn MacGregor.

Author

MacGregor, Sherilyn, 1969-

Publication

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2006.

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Details

Description

x, 286 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Argues that celebrations of "earth care" as women's unique contribution to the search for sustainability often neglect to consider the importance of politics and citizenship in women's lives. This work provides an understanding of women's involvement in quality-of-life activism.

Subject

• Ecofeminism
• Caring
• Women and the environment
• Environmentalism
• Écoféminisme
• Humanité (Morale)
• Femmes et environnement
• Écologisme

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction : earthcare or feminist ecological citizenship? -- 2. roots and rhetoric of ecomaternalism -- 3. "Down among the women" : ecofeminism and identity politics at the grassroots -- 4. From care to citizenship : calling ecofeminism back to politics -- 5. problems and possibilities of ecological citizenship -- 6. Conversations with activist women : towards a counter-narrative -- 7. private, the public, and the planet : juggling care and activism in daily life -- 8. Activist women theorize the green political -- 9. No motherhood issue : the project of feminist ecological citizenship.

ISBN

• 077481201X (bound)
• 9780774812016

OCLC

• 67860136
• SCSB-10719407

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library