Fertile Ground

Provocative. . . . Assumes passion and authority.-Janet Lembke The New York Times Book ReviewIn a wide-ranging critique of Western thought and practice ecofeminist Irene Diamond raises unsettling questions about the ethic of control that permeates how we think about fertility sexuality agriculture and the environment.Irene Diamond offers her readers a provocative series of musings on a vital but largely unexplored concept: fertility. . . . Diamond's scope is wide-ranging addressing reproductive technologies agriculture pornography development and death yet her work also has a highly personal quality. . . . As an intuitive foray Fertile Ground sows many new seeds.-Karen Litfin The Ecologist Irene Diamond has written a passionate and provocative book that challenges the feminist movement to step beyond its preconceptions. . . . We desperately need this synthesis. -from the Foreword by StarhawkIrene Diamond's Fertile Ground is a provocative book. It stirs me to vigorous assent. It also triggers wide-eyed disbelief. . . . As it prods me to explosions of disagreement it also provokes useful thought.-Janet Lembke The New York Times Book ReviewOne of the most provocative and original feminist books in years. . . . Diamond poses important questions and breaks ground for new thought about them.-Pat Monaghan BooklistIrene Diamond teaches political science and women's studies at the University of Oregon. Her previous books include Sex Roles in the State House and the coedited volumes Feminism and Foucault: Reflections on Resistance and Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism.