Beyond Mothering Earth: Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care

Beyond Mothering Earth: Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care
ISBN-10
0774840951
ISBN-13
9780774840958
Category
Nature
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2011-11-01
Publisher
UBC Press
Author
Sherilyn MacGregor

Description

In Beyond Mothering Earth, Sherilyn MacGregor argues that celebrations of "earthcare" as women's unique contribution to the search for sustainability often neglect to consider the importance of politics and citizenship in women's lives. Drawing on interviews with women who juggle private caring with civic engagement in quality-of-life concerns, she proposes an alternative: a project of feminist ecological citizenship that affirms the practice of citizenship as an intrinsically valuable activity while allowing foundational aspects of caring labour and natural processes to flourish. Beyond Mothering Earth provides an original and empirically grounded understanding of women's involvement in quality-of-life activism and an analysis of citizenship that makes an important contribution to contemporary discussions of green politics, globalization, neoliberalism, and democratic justice.

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