02150    a2200421   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001800136072001400154072001400168072001600182072001600198072001500214072001400229072001400243072001200257072001100269072001300280072001400293072001300307072001400320072002100334072002100355072002100376072002100397072001900418100001800437245003700455250000600492260003200498300001000530520117500540999001301715103209118520250317100357.0250312042021GB                   eng    a9781032091181  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 41.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJBSF112thema7 aRN2thema7 aNH2thema7 aJBCC2thema7 aJBSF2thema7 aDSB2thema7 a1F2bisac7 aJFFK2bic7 aRN2bic7 aH2bic7 aJFC2bic7 aJFSJ2bic7 aDSB2bic7 a1F2bisac7 aLIT0200002bisac7 aNAT0100002bisac7 aSCI0260002bisac7 aSOC0100002bisac7 a891.4092bisac1 aSangita Patil10aEcofeminism and the Indian Novel  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210630  a160 p  bEcofeminism and the Indian Novel tests the theories of ecofeminism against the background of India’s often different perceptions of environmental problems, challenging the hegemony of Western culture in thinking about human problems. This book moves beyond a simple application of the concepts of ecofeminism, instead explaining the uniqueness of Indian novels as narratives of ecofeminism and how they can contribute to the development of the theory of ecofeminism. In examining a selection of novels, the author argues that Indian texts conceptualize the ecological crisis more as a human problem than as a gender problem. The book proposes that we should think of ecofeminism as ecohumanism instead, seeing human beings and nature as a part of a complex web. Novels analysed within the text include Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve (1954), Shivram Karanth’s Return to Earth (2002) and Na D’Souza’s Dweepa (2013). Ecofeminism and the Indian Novel will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecofeminism, ecocriticism, ecological feminism, environmental humanities, gender studies, ecological humanities, feminist studies and Indian literature.  c842d842