Socio-Environmental Crisis in Women’s Novels and Films in The Americas

Socio-Environmental Crisis in Women’s Novels and Films in The Americas

by Victoria Jara
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 31/03/2025

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The climate crisis has reached a critical point, necessitating urgent global action. Women’s activism against environmental dispossession in the Americas manifests not only in protests and classrooms but also through artistic filmmaking and writing. This book focuses on the overlooked contributions of women filmmakers and novelists, highlighting how their work reveals the connections between environmental dispossession and various injustices related to gender, ethnicity, age, class, and labor. It demonstrates that contemporary women in the Americas engage deeply with ecological issues, analyzing their representations and identifying common principles across texts. Using an interdisciplinary approach from environmental humanities, gender and Indigenous studies, and film and literary studies, the author compares works from Canada and Latin America. Three poetics emerge: environmental destruction critiques harmful development; care expands notions of reciprocity beyond the human; and insurgency showcases struggles against extractivist models. These works invite readers to understand the complex interconnections of environmental justice within society.

ISBN:
9781040340240
9781040340240
Category:
Gender studies: women
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
31-03-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis

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