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Ecological Borderlands : Body, Nature, and Spirit in Chicana Feminism /

"This project focuses on environmental practices among Mexican-American women and offers a rethinking of ecofeminism from the standpoint of Chicana feminists. Christina Holmes examines ecological themes across film, literature, murals and other visual art, Chicano nationalist activism, and cont...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Holmes, Christina, 1979- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Ecological Borderlands: Connecting Movements, Theories, Selves; 1. Borderlands Environmentalism: Historiography in the Midst of Category Confusion; 2. Misrecognition, Metamorphosis, and Maps in Chicana Feminist Cultural Production; 3. Allegory, Materiality, and Agency in Amalia Mesa-Bains's Altar Environments; 4. Body/Landscape/Spirit Relations in Señorita Extraviada: Cinematic Deterritorializations and the Limits of Audience Literacy.
  • 5. Building Green Community at the Border: Feminist and Ecological Consciousness at the Women's Intercultural CenterConclusion. Bridging Movements with Technologies for the Ecological Self; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.