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Sherilyn MacGregor, Beyond Mothering Earth: Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press 2006)
BEYOND MOTHERING EARTH is an excellent piece of scholarship that provides a theoretical, empirical, and strategic exploration of the project of feminist ecological citizenship. In setting forth this exploration, MacGregor presents a significant alternative to more familiar ecofeminist analyses. This work consists of a theoretical exploration of the intersection of ecological politics with feminism and a second part based upon interviews conducted with thirty activist women at the turn of the 21st century. A third dimension is apparent throughout the work, for it is the intersection of theory with empirical evidence that enables MacGregor to explore strategies for political action.
The theoretical portion of this work engages a wide-ranging literature, beginning and returning most frequently to ecofeminist writing, but also addressing green political thought and citizenship theory in detail. MacGregor's writing is very effective, her style is clear and comprehensive, and I would strongly recommend Beyond Mothering Earth for its accessible, insightful survey of the intersections between the international literatures of feminism,... |
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