Perspective Of Ecofeminism Research Articles

The Influence of Development of Feminism on Creation of Suspense Novels: Analysis from the Perspective of Ecofeminism

This study focuses on the feminist interpretation of female criminal factors in suspense novels by female writers and explores the impact of the evolution of feminist thought on the creation of female writers in different eras. The research background is based on the two major factors of “castration emotion” and “patriarchal resistance” in female criminal psychology, combined with the expressions of female writers on life and death issues, taking into account the impact of the development of feminism on female writers in the era, and reflecting on the internal society Paradox emphasizes that gender equality and nature conservation are closely linked. Through text analysis, document analysis, and comparative analysis, starting from ecofeminism, the feminist thoughts on the female homicide cases in the text are analyzed. The study found that the change in narrative perspective from Agatha to Tokarczuk reflects the improvement of feminist consciousness. The evolution of female roles from male subordinates to independent individuals reflects the development of feminism. Finally, the transformation of female subject consciousness emphasizes the progress of women’s thinking as independent individuals. This study shows that the works created by female writers were influenced by the feminist movement at that time to varying degrees. The highlight of the research is to make up for the scarcity of research on ecofeminism and Tokarczuk in China. Through comparison, the comparative perspective of the texts of the two female writers is supplemented.

A Comparative Study On Two English Versions Of Shen Congwen’s ‘Biancheng’ From The Perspective Of Ecofeminism

The struggle to create a life-affirming society intensifies as globalization expands, which can be seen from the 1970s, women all over the world were formulating ecological feminist response to environmental influence of “modernization” through the intersection between gender, feminism and environmental issues. Ecofeminism is at the intersection of women’s rights, environmental issues and the various forms of oppression, such as those affecting marginalized and colonial people, as well as the Third World nations by the Western industrialized countries. One of the major propositions of ecofeminism is to build a harmonious planet and to abolish sexism and patriarchy, rather than subject to dominance of men and hierarchy. It, therefore, advocates to deconstruct the patriarchal perspective and reconstruct a community based on ecology and feminism, in a way to cease the exploitation of nature and promote the liberation of women. “Biancheng” is a representative work of renowned modern Chinese writer, Mr. Shen Congwen, who adhered to his contemplation on humanity’s existence and tried to communicate the essence of honoring nature and life. He transformed “Biancheng” from a conventional geographical term into a profound exploration of the intrinsic significance of human existence and spirit, with a particular emphasis on a woman’s existence and her connection with nature. Such focus led me to approach “Biancheng” through the lens of ecofeminism. In light of the ecofeminism theory, this paper selects the two prominent English translations of Biancheng by renowned translators Gladys Yang and American sinologist Jeffrey C. Kinkley for a comparative analysis. It is divided into five parts: the first deals with delineating the main ecofeminist theories, the second probes into the previous researches on ecofeminism and translated versions of Biancheng, the third refers to the work analysis, the fourth parts explores how ecofeminism is translated and demonstrated in the two versions through comparative analysis and the last part comes to a conclusion.

The Commonalities of Ecofeminism Writing Between Hemingway and Faulkner -- Based on the Interpretation of Hills Like White Elephants and There Was a Queen

Based on specific text analysis about Ernest Hemingway s Hills Like White Elephants and William Faulkner s There Was a Queen, this paper adopts the perspective of ecofeminism and specifically elaborates from the three aspects of the intimacy between nature and women, the alienation between nature and men, and the imparity between men and women, with the intention of exploring the commonalities in the ecofeminism writing wisdom of the two literary creators, who are identical representatives of loss of generation but shares adverse writing styles.

An Interpretation of Natural Images in A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the Perspective of Ecofeminism

An Interpretation of Natural Images in A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the Perspective of Ecofeminism

A Critical study of Indira Goswami’s novel The Man from Chinnamasta from the perspective of Ecofeminism

This present paper attempts to analyse Indira Goswami’s novel, The Man from Chinnamasta from the ecofeminist perspectives showcasing the position of women in an orthodox patriarchal society, and years old saga of animal sacrifice in the name of culture and religion in the Kamakhya temple. From the viewpoint of ecofeminism, the play illustrates the feminist struggles against oppression, environmental destruction, and patriarchy. It emphasises on the interconnecting issues pertaining to the oppression of women and animals. The novel depicts about Chinnamasta Jatadhari, who along with Ratnadhar, an performer and his follower struggle to put an end to animal sacrifice by meeting sufficient marks in favour of the reason to present to the British authorities. The author also depicts her female characters as strong ones who voice their opinion in a firm manner.

Men, Masculinity and Nature in Rural Caste Society: Exploring Dynamics in Tamil Nadu

This paper investigates the relationship between men, masculinity, and nature in a rural caste-based society, with a particular focus on Tamil Nadu. Masculinity, a socially constructed concept, varies across cultures and historical periods. Men, masculinity and nature relation is primarily looked from the perspective of Ecofeminism, which critiques the interconnected oppression of women and nature within patriarchal systems. On the other hand, ecomasculinity specifically examines how traditional ideals of masculinity influence men’s attitudes and behaviours towards the environment. Employing the Ecomasculinty lens, this paper intends to explore the subtleties of the relationship between men, masculinity, and nature in a caste-based society in Tamil Nadu. The study employs textual analysis. The text considered is Heat by Poomani, translated into English by N. Kalyana Raman. The analysis will closely examine landscape representation, ecological elements, masculinity and the portrayal of caste in the novel. The caste system is considered vital in the study, as it influences the characters’ relationship with the land and their perceptions of nature. Overall, the paper aims to comprehensively understand the complex relationship between masculinity and nature, considering the intersectionality and plurality of masculinities in different social and cultural contexts. By exploring the relationship between men, masculinity, and nature in the caste-based society of Tamil Nadu, the study brings out the impact of social structures on the environment and how men relate to it in the said context.

Nature, Women, Rebellion

Portia Coughlan depicts the mental anguish and identity dilemmas of the heroine Portia in a male-dominated social environment. This study tries to analyze men’s possessions of nature and women, the close relationship between women and nature, and Portia’s rebellion against patriarchal society respectively from the perspective of Eco-feminism, exploring the social situation of women as “the Other” in the contemporary society.

The Interpretation of Women's Discourse in the Movie "Flipped" via the Lens of Eco-Feminism

The novel by Wendelin Van Draanen with the same name serves as the inspiration for the film Flipped . The film portrays the nostalgic emotions between young boys and girls as it narrates a young and lovely love story in America in the early 1960s. At the same time, the film also features the writer's thoughts and consideration of societal contents underlying the development of the natural environment and the image of women. Feminism embodies both the resistance of the underprivileged and the symbol of good nature. As the foundation, this paper explored how well the natural world shaped women's social consciousness and discoursed from the perspective of eco-feminism. Additionally, the paper also discusses the impact of environmental factors that contributed to the film's vivid environmental episodes, pays close attention to the struggles of the female supporting characters in the context of the times, and emphasizes how the environment and even the discourse of women are oppressive. Its statement of the notion that nature and women are linked and mutually reinforcing also provides a fresh viewpoint on the investigation of how women are portrayed in culture. The patriarchal environment's ideas of duality and hierarchical division have been turned on its head.

PEREMPUAN DAN ALAM YANG MELAHIRKAN KEHIDUPAN DALAM TIGA CERPEN KARYA EKA KURNIAWAN

This research examines three short stories in the collection of short stories Broken Hearted Woman Who Finds Love Through Dreams Again by Eka Kurniawan. The research method used in this research is a qualitative method with a case study approach. Data from Kurniawan's three works are then analyzed using close reading techniques to identify themes related to women and nature. Through the perspective of ecofeminism, it seeks to reveal patriarchal dominance in the exploitation of nature and the oppression of women. Through ecofeminism, one can see how nature and women are often treated unfairly by men. This oppression resulted in resistance from women to defend themselves and protect nature.

Environmental Degradation in the Nepalese Society: An Eco-Critical Approach

The paper aims to explore the direct or indirect link between the patriarchal Nepalese society and the degradation of Nepal’s forestry and environment. The males of Nepal have been dominating and disrespecting women as the inferior sex for centuries, and thereby treating natural resourses as feminine, weak to be manipulated and consumed objectively for their benefits. The research tool taken to carry out the research is eco-feminism. To notice the relationship between gender and natural resources of Nepal, the theoretical concerns of such eco-feminist critics as Greta Gaard and Vandana Shiva are chiefly focused on. The Nepalese society, like most of the South-Asian societies, is a male-dominated society. It exploits both women and nature regarding them to be inferior. The chief finding is that the natural resources of Nepal such as air, water, green fields, climate, land, forestry, minerals, environment, and the species of Nepal have been getting threatened because of the Nepalese patriarchal society. The Nepali people exploit nature as carelessly as they have been exploiting women. It is assumed that the research scholars interested in exploring Nepalese society from the perspective of eco-feminism can take the article as a reference.

Ecofeminism: from the Perspective of Indian Cinema and Performing Arts

This is a hence proven fact that cinema and theatre especially performing arts connects with a larger audience while representing the core and periphery of a civilized and uncivilized society. In this very fact location of women as female protagonists is very limited and obscure. Also, the initial instances show that they were treated as supporting characters. In this paper, I will try and highlight the roles of female characters in indigenous Bollywood and some popular literature also from the perspective of Ecofeminism. To understand Whether they were visible as facilitators of nature and ecology or they were seen exercising their agency through those characters or they are just objectified for publicity stunts in commercial films. This paper will also be touching upon the new age Cinema and theatre where some critiques are observing this as a contrasting effect of the past. From the beginning of civilization, whenever men needed support for livelihood and rule, women provided their helping hand. For instance, in ancient civilizations women were seen as gatherers, those who put together resources, nurture, and take care of them. But their clutch and agency are missing, when it comes to their social, political, and cultural sphere. This basically makes them a ‘choice-based’ role player, where both choice and role are not of their interest. There are several examples in our visual art-based Cinema i.e., Bollywood. There are movies that explain generational change and continuity, along with the cognizance of watching spectators.

Escaping to Nature: Ecofeminism in the Children’s Book Bridge to Terabithia

Similar minor positions between women and nature inspired the emergence of ecofeminism theory, which is suitable for analyzing literary works, including children's literature. This research investigates the issue of how women and nature spiritually empower one another in a children's book entitled Bridge to Terabithia. This paper aims to analyze the harmony of the female figure with the surrounding nature and its impact on gender and class equality. The result of re-reading and analyzing the novel from the perspective of ecofeminism shows that the characters' struggle against social class oppression and gender stereotypes manifested through their escapism to nature. The main female character's courage in rejecting gender stereotypes made the relationship between humans and nature egalitarian. This novel presents nature as the Terabithia Kingdom. The Terabithia Kingdom is where the main characters can escape from all oppressions they experienced in social life.

A Study of Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea from the Perspective of Ecofeminism

A Study of Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea from the Perspective of Ecofeminism

Analysis of Alienation and Interconnection in The Color Purple from the Perspective of Ecofeminism

Alice Walker’s The Color Purple in 1982 earned Alice a great reputation and an award as the Pulitzer Prize for literature. Since its publication, it became a masterpiece and attracted many critics’ attention, and then it was analyzed from various points of view. In this paper, I would like to apply ecofeminism to illustrate that only by overthrowing dualistic ideology can alienation dissolve, the world get reconnected and the whole ecosystem is healthy and sustainable. Through the protagonists’ fight and growth in the novel, the readers see hope in promoting new social systems based on equality, non-violence, cultural diversity, and non-hierarchical forms and hope in enhancing interconnection and cooperation in all.

Analysis the Impact of the Forest Crisis on Merauke Women in the Perspective of Ecofeminism

Forests are the most important part of human survival, including the people in Merauke Regency, Papua. The benefits of forests for Papuans are felt directly as a source of life, as pharmacies that provide natural medicines. Forests also provide all human needs that can be used for free. For Papuans, the forest has a philosophical affinity for women. In the 2001-2019 period, forest destruction in Merauke was the highest in Papua Province. Therefore, this study aims to examine the impact of the forest crisis on women in Merauke. This research also intends to examine the process of the forest crisis, as well as the efforts made by the government and other related institutions in dealing with these problems. By using qualitative methods and secondary data sourced from relevant books, articles, and web pages on the website, the author tries to analyze the topic using ecofeminism theory and the concept of human security. The results and conclusions obtained from this study are that the forest crisis in Merauke is on average caused by the opening of plantations dominated by oil palm. The impact on indigenous peoples, which includes women, is oppression, violations of the rights of indigenous peoples, an increasingly heavy double burden to the threat of poverty, hunger and disease. In this case, government policies are considered not optimal to overcome these problems.

Study on Mrs. Dalloway's Critique of Patriarchal Society from the Perspective of Ecofeminism

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, the outstanding British modernist writer presents a profound critique of the traditional patriarchal society. Based on the opposition between ecofeminism and the patriarchal system shown in the writing, it can be found that the novel criticizes the natural predatory and exploitation of women by the marriage system under the patriarchal society, the hypocrisy, boredom and irony of the extravagant life of the aristocracy under the hierarchy, and the destruction of the environment and blow to life by war. This paper aims to explore the reduction of the negative effects of the traditional patriarchal system, to safeguard women's rights, to promote resource conservation and environmental protection, in order to advocate the establishment of an equal and harmonious society, which reflects relevance in contemporary governance based on a critique of the patriarchal system in Woolf's works.

Impact of Ecological Disasters in Pakistan from the Perspective of Ecofeminism on Women’s Physical and Mental Health

Impact of Ecological Disasters in Pakistan from the Perspective of Ecofeminism on Women’s Physical and Mental Health

BALI ECOFEMINISM DRAMATURGY IN ARJA SIKI CAMPAIGN FOR WATER GOVERNOR CANDIDATES BY COKORDA SAWITRI

Arja Siki is a form of Balinese theater developed by Cokorda Sawitri as a result of the hybridization of the Balinese dance drama Arja with Western dramaturgy. In Arja Siki's performance entitled "Campaign for the Water Governor Candidate", Cok Sawitri raised the issue of the current condition of Bali's water. In this work, Cok manifests the relationship between water and women in the Hindu tradition in Bali through a figure named Bhatari Danu or Dewi Danu, who acts as the ruler and guardian of the air source in Lake Batur. This study aims to explain the relationship between women in performing arts and the water crisis. in Bali in the perspective of ecofeminism. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative using direct observation and interviews, video and photo documentation and literature. This is done to see the correlation between Arja SIki and the water crisis in Bali. Data analysis was carried out by verifying data, compiling data, comparing data, and triangulating data. The results of this study indicate that the performing arts of Arja Siki have become media criticism for Cok, against politicians who only give promises to the public when campaigning, but there is no real movement to save the water crisis in Bali. In addition, building audience awareness about the problem of the water crisis in Bali, and learning media on how to overcome and overcome water problems in Bali in the simplest way.

WAR, WOMEN AND ECOLOGY: RETELLING RAMAYANA THROUGH SARAH JOSEPH’S THE VIGIL

The Vigil (2014) is the English translation of the Malayalam novel Oorukaval (2008) written by Sarah Joseph and translated by Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan. The novel recounts Ramayana from the perspective of war, women and ecology, through the eyes of Angada, a monkey as evolved as human, whose father Bali was killed by Rama. Angada’s anger, anxiety and agony are picturised in the novel while he is forced to join Rama’s army in search of the later’s wife Sita. When the novel divulges the journey of Angada prepared for the Rama-Ravana war, it also becomes rewriting of Ramayana from an ecocentric, subaltern, female as well as Third world perspective. It also describes the far-reaching consequences of war, the perilous ecological destruction and exploitation of the underprivileged due to the greed and quest for power. While exploring and examining the narration of nature, women, and the marginalised in the novel from an ecofeminist perspective through textual and content analysis, the paper argues that the novel propounds a new sense of eco-masculinity as opposed to the toxicity associated with the hegemonic masculinity that is war here. In addition, the non-human perspective of ecofeminism and the ‘women-other human Others-nature interconnections’ are vividly manifested in the novel. The ecofeminist analysis of war and its disastrous effects on women and the nature also unveil the ingrained philosophical standpoints of the novel with respect to sustainable development. At the end, Angada throws away his weapon, along with the hatred and revenge that he has been carrying, realising its burden over humanity. Over the last thirty years of the political climate of India, Temple of Rama in Ayodhya is a contested matter and re-reading of Ramayana at this context is extremely significant, as the novel urges for re-inventing a culture of mutual co-existence.

An Analysis on Social and Individual Harmony in A Farewell to Arms—From the Perspective of Ecofeminism

Ecofeminism is the third wave of feminism after the first wave of feminism - liberal feminism in the 19th century and the second wave of feminism - radical feminism in the 1960s and 1970s[8]. Ecofeminism-the combination of the ecological environment movement and the feminist movement emphasizes the study of the internal relationship between the women oppressed by the patriarchal society and nature ruled by it. With the continuous development of industrial civilization, in the modern society, in order to develop social economy, human beings grab a large amount of natural resources resulting in that the growth and recovery of natural resources cannot keep pace with the speed of acquiring resources. While people seizes resources, waste gas, waste water and other pollutants produced by industrial and agricultural production are discharged into the nature, which seriously pollutes the natural environment, reduces the biodiversity and destroys the ecological balance. Such behavior further intensifies the contradiction between human and nature. We value the relationship between women and nature because there are certain commonalities between them. First of all, as the subject of procreation and rearing, women bear children with their own bodies. And we usually call nature as “mother”, endowing it with female characteristics. It is the creator of living things. It constantly produces resources needed by all living things on the earth and feeds everything with its own body. In this way, women are in accordance with nature. Secondly, in the patriarchal society, both of them are the objects of oppression hence there is an intrinsic bond between them. In this paper, the author analyzes the change of the relationship and the change of psychology between the hero Henry and the heroine Catherine in war background and in natural background which is destroyed by human. Meanwhile, the relationship between social environment and natural environment itself also is being pointed out. In such a way, the author intends to arouse the awareness of readers that the importance of achieving harmony between men and women as well as keeping balance between nature and the society, thus human beings may eventually find an approach to this haunting dilemma.