Citation:
Diamond, Irene, and Gloria Feman Orenstein, eds. 1990. Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.
Authors: Irene Diamond, Gloria Feman Orenstein
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Summary:
Essays by leading ecofeminist scholars, poets, activists, spiritual teachers, and artists who envision a restoration of harmony in a global environment damaged by a devaluation of nature and women. Includes writings by poets, novelists, scholars, scientists, ecological activists, and spiritual teachers. Many were first presented at the conference "Ecofeminist perspectives : culture, nature and theory," held at the University of Southern California, in March 1987 (Summary from WorldCat).
Table of Contents:
Histories and Mysteries: In the Beginning
1. Ecofeminism: Our Roots and Flowering
Charlene Spretnak
2. How to Heal a Lobotomy
Brian Swimme
3. The Gaia Tradition and the Partnership Future: An Ecofeminist Manifesto
Riane Eisler
4. The Origins of God in the Blood of the Lamb
Sally Abbott
5. The Eleusinian Mysteries: Ancient Nature Religion of Demeter and Persephone
Mara Lynn Keller
6. The Woman I Love Is a Planet; The Planet I Love Is a Tree
Paula Gunn Allen
7. Rethinking Theology and Nature
Carol P. Christ
Reweaving the World: Reconnecting Politics and Ethics
8. Power, Authority, and Mystery: Ecofeminism and Earth-based Spirituality
Starhawk
9. Curves Along the Road
Susan Griffin
10. Ecofeminism and Feminist Theory
Carolyn Merchant
11. Healing the Wounds: Feminism, Ecology, and the Nature/Culture Dualism
Ynestra King
12. Ecofeminism and the Politics of Resistance
Lee Quinby
13. Ecofeminism and Deep Ecology: Reflections on Identity and Discourse
Marti Kheel
14. Deep Ecology and Ecofeminism: The Emerging Dialogue
Michael E. Zimmerman
15. Searching for Common Ground: Ecofeminism and Bioregionalism
Judith Plant
Healing Ourselves: Healing the Planet
16. Toward a Womanist Analysis of Birth
Arisika Razak
17. The Place of Women in Polluted Places
Lin Nelson
18. Development as a New Project
Vandana Shiva
19. Babies, Heroic Experts, and a Poisoned Earth
Irene Diamond
20. Goddess in the Metropolis: Reflections on the Sacred in an Urban Setting
Irene Javors
21. Women, Home, and Community: The Struggle in an Urban Environment
Cynthia Hamilton
22. The Evolution of an Ecofeminist
Julia Scofield Russell
23. Daughters of Growing Things
Rachel L. Bagby
24. Women Against Wasting the World: Notes on Eschatology and Ecology
Catherine Keller
25. Perspective or Escape? Ecofeminist Musings on Contemporary Earth Imagery
Yaakov Jerome Garb
26. Artists as Healers: Envisioning Life-giving Culture
Gloria Feman Orenstein
Topics: Environment, Feminisms, Ecofeminism, Gender, Women
Year: 1990
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