Table of Contents

Chapter 1 1. Introduction: Nature Writing From the Feminine Chapter 2 2. Modernist Women, Snake Stories, and the Indigenous Southwest: An Ecofeminist Politics of Creation and Affirmation Chapter 3 3. Littoral Women Writing From the Margins Chapter 4 4. Multifaceted Dialogues: Toward an Environmental Ethic of Care Chapter 5 5. Wild Women: Literary Explorations of American Landscapes Chapter 6 6. Louise Gluck, Feminism and Nature in Firstborn's "The Egg" Chapter 7 7. Ecofeminism, Motherhood, and the Post-Apocalyptic Utopia inParable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, and Into the Forest Chapter 8 8. Natural Resistance: Margaret Atwood as Eco-Feminist or Apocalyptic Visionary Chapter 9 9. Touching the Earth: Gloria Anzaldúa and the Tenets of Ecofeminism Part 10 Voices From the Field Chapter 11 10. Teaching the Trees: How to be a Female Nature Writer Chapter 12 11. Confessions of an Eco-Feminist

About the Author

Barbara J. Cook is assistant professor of English and Women’s Studies at Mount Aloysius College.

Reviews

The editor provides a cogent explanation of the basic premises of ecofeminism and a brief history of nature writing by North American women....Recommended.
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