Women and Nature: A Study of Two Feminist Utopias
Date Issued
2012
Date
2012
Author(s)
Tseng, Wei-Ting
Abstract
Feminist utopia is a subgenre in the domain of utopian literature which, informed by feminist and ecological insights, often describes societies better in feminist terms and consonant with ecological principles. The two 1970s feminist utopias under scrutiny, Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time and Sally Miller Gearhart’s The Wanderground, demonstrate similar feminist and ecological concerns. Despite their shared concerns, the two nevertheless differ in their treatment of gender, spirituality and reproduction, when examined through an ecofeminist lens. Woman on the Edge of Time depicts a community where gender difference does not exist, where most women loosen their spiritual connection with nature, and where women’s reproductive power is taken to be a burden. The Wanderground, on the other hand, preserves gender difference, honors women’s spirituality and deems women’s reproductive power to be sacred. These differences uncover the two authors’ divergent feminist ideologies: Woman on the Edge of Time embodies many of Piercy’s radical libertarian thoughts while The Wanderground realizes many of Gearhart’s ecofeminist beliefs.
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feminist utopia
ecofeminism
gender
spirituality
reproduction
SDGs
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thesis
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