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Ecofeminist Literary Criticism: Reading The Orange

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Josephine Donovan
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Abstract

Ecofeminism, a new vein in feminist theory, critiques the ontology of domination, whereby living beings are reduced to the status of objects, which diminishes their moral significance, enabling their exploitation, abuse, and destruction. This article explores the possibility of an ecofeminist literary and cultural practice, whereby the text is not reduced to an “it” but rather recognized as a “thou,” and where new modes of relationship—dialogue, conversation, and meditative attentiveness—are developed.

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Hypatia , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Spring 1996 , pp. 161 - 184
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Copyright © 1996 by Hypatia, Inc.

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