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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holmes, Christina, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women and the environment.
Women.
Mexican Americans > Study and teaching.
Mexican American women.
Feminism.
Environmental justice.
Ecofeminism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
feminism.
Feminisme.
Justice environnementale > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine.
Femmes et environnement > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine.
Femmes > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine.
Americaines d'origine mexicaine.
Écofeminisme > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine.
Feminism
Environmental justice > Mexican-American Border Region.
Women and the environment > Mexican-American Border Region.
Women > Mexican-American Border Region.
Ecofeminism > Mexican-American Border Region.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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