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WOMEN IN THE FOREST

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WOMEN IN THE FOREST

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THE FUNDAMENTALS AND FUTURE OF ECOCRITICISM

• As a field of literary study that addresses how human study to nonhuman nature or the environment in literature.

• Prefixed “eco” are listed, among them “Ecofeminism” and “economics.”

• “Eco,”from the Greek root oikos, means “house.”

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Ecocriticism • “economy” - law of the house• “ecology” - relationships between living

organisms and their environment.• Ecocriticism- the criticism of the

“house,” i.e., the environment, as represented in literature.

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VANDANA SHIVA

“I think the combination of feminism and ecology creates two potentials. First, I have seen feminism that is not ecological become a new oppressor. I have seen environmentalism that is not feminist enough also become a new elitism. Ecofeminism prevents those two new forms of elitism by saying, No, it’s about society and nature. It’s about other ways of thinking”

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What is Ecofeminism ?

• Ecofeminism, or ecological feminism, is a term coined in 1974 by  Françoise d'Eaubonne.

• Its advocates often emphasize a deep reverence for all life, and the importance of interrelationships between humans, non-human others

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ECOFEMINISM

• Ecofeminism is a social and political movement claiming a considerable common ground between environmentalism and feminism with some currents linking deep ecology and feminism.

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FEATURESMale domination in the society

To search for women rights

On sisterhood

women as nature and Men as culture

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EXAMPLES• The novel

Fire on the Mountain by

Anita Desai.• Outstanding examples

of Ecofeminism. • Characters

Nanda Kaul, Iladas, Raka.

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CHIPKO MEANS

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HUMAN CHAIN

• Women formed human chains across roads to prevent contractors from reaching the forest area.

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Result

• Chipko inspired environmentalists both nationally and globally and contributed substantially to the emerging philosophies of eco-feminism and deep ecology and fields of community-based conservation and sustainable mountain development.

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CONCLUSION

• Another form of transcendentalism• Man is part of nature• Ethical responsibility of human beings

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THANK YOUBy

K.r.aishwarya