Ecofeminist

Barbra Kingsolver’s novel, Prodigal Summer follows three separate plots as told by three separate women: Lusa, Deanna and Nannie. Through these resilient protagonists, Kingslover attempts to resist and deconstruct western gender roles and challenges historically patriarchal views through the lens of ecofeminism. Because they separate themselves from societal normality they interact with humans and nature differently than most in their respected communities. This rejection of patriarchal structures

Applying post-structuralism and ecocriticism to ‘The Happening’ ‘The Happening’ by M. Night Shyamalan, is an apocalyptic film about plants striking back against humanity by spreading neurotoxic chemicals which induce humans to commit suicide. According to the director, this film was created to raise awareness about what humans are doing to the environment. He elaborated saying that humans today think that they are above nature, when in fact, we are at nature’s mercy because natural disasters like

traditionalist, Dianic, Faerie, Circle craft and eclectic. Fox (2016) also explains that “Wiccans, contemporary paganism includes pantheist, goddess spirituality folk, druids, heathens, Unitarian universalist pagans, polytheist reconstructionists, animists, ecofeminists, Christo pagans and other nature spirituality” (para

Environmental Racism is the institutional framework established by white people that was made to influence and destroy Black lives through the segregation of people of color into poor communities pervaded by toxic waste sites. Once environmental racism is recognized as a subgroup of structural racism, the intent of placing people of color into poor, marginalized, and environmentally hazardous communities becomes clear. An example of this is the use and establishment of various toxic waste sites surrounding

Let’s talk about the relationship between masculinity and meat. Let’s talk about the fact that men in the United States consume twice as much beef, pork and chicken compared to women (United States Department of Agriculture, 2016). Let’s talk about the fact that in order to be masculine, one must consume meat, because this is reality of the society we live within. By engaging in the discussion of masculinity and meat, we enable our society to begin to deconstruct this hegemonic masculinity and relationships

Applying post-structuralism and ecocriticism to ‘The Happening’ ‘The Happening’ by M. Night Shyamalan, is an apocalyptic film about plants striking back against humanity by spreading neurotoxic chemicals which induce humans to commit suicide. According to the director, this film was created to raise awareness on what humans are doing to the environment. He elaborated saying that humans today think that they are above nature, when in fact, we are at nature’s mercy because natural disasters like tsunamis

Captain of the sleepers has been published in 2002 and translated, then published in U.S. in the year 2005. It is story which revolves around Andres Yasin and his family members in the Island of Vieques during the nationalist movement in Puerto Rico in 1950’s, and later in the year 2000 when the boy is portrayed as an adult, who goes to meet the captain to know the mysterious around his mother’s life and death because of the affairs. The chapters keep on alternating between the past and the present

Going Green: Effect of Nature on Humanity in “Hills Like White Elephants” Located in the Northeastern region of France, the Ebro is just as famous for its literary recognition as it is its geographical significance. Due to Ernest Hemingway’s writing of the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” in 1927, the valley especially has been critiqued, analyzed, and studied for nearly a century. The valley itself makes up almost 17% of Spain itself, and is called “one of the main physiographic units in

As the post-colonial criticism developed, the theorists have agreed upon the fact that the role of feminism in the post-colonial practice is crucial. Moreover, these two theories clearly have the same goals. On the one hand, the main objective of both of them is to disclose the traditional power structures, both patriarchal and imperial. On the other hand, both feminism and post-colonial criticism aim to show the way the writers challenge the respective forms of authority. The main concerns of the

request, are hard to depict with accuracy. Major social movements contain inside themselves numerous subgroupings which may contrast in vital ways. The women 's movement, for instance, incorporates liberal, radical and Marxist women 's activists, ecofeminists, lesbian separatists and the individuals who view lesbianism as one way of life among others; in spite of the fact that these groupings debate about various issues, they do concede to the fundamental need to enhance the circumstance of women. The