Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature

<p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature</em> explores the interplay between the domination of nature and the oppression of women as well as liberatory alternatives bringing together essays from leading academics in the field to facilitate cutting-edge critical readings of literature. Covering the main theoretical approaches and key literary genres of the area this volume includes:</p><ul> <li>Examination of ecofeminism through the literatures of a diverse sampling of languages including Hindi Chinese Arabic and Spanish; native speakers of Tamil Vietnamese Turkish Slovene and Icelandic</li> <li>Analysis of core issues and topics offering innovative approaches to interpreting literature including: activism animal studies cultural studies disability gender essentialism hegemonic masculinity intersectionality material ecocriticism postcolonialism posthumanism postmodernism race and sentimental ecology</li> <li>Surveys key periods and genres of ecofeminism and literary criticism including chapters on Gothic Romantic and Victorian literatures children and young adult literature mystery and detective fictions including interconnected genres of climate fiction science fiction and fantasy and distinctive perspectives provided by travel writing autobiography and poetry</li> </ul><p>This collection explores how each of ecofeminism’s core concerns can foster a more emancipatory literary theory and criticism now and in the future. This comprehensive volume will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature ecofeminism ecocriticism gender studies and the environmental humanities.</p>