BEYOND MOTHERING EARTH by Sherilyn MacGregor ( 9780774812023 )

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Title:

BEYOND MOTHERING EARTH
ECOLOGICAL CITIZENSHIP AND THE POLITICS OF CARE

By:

Sherilyn MacGregor

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Paperback

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0774812028

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9780774812023

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 January, 2007

Pages:

296

Description:

Provides an original and empirically grounded understanding of women's involvement in quality-of-life activism.

Synopsis:

Women's environmental activism is often described inmaternalist terms - as if motherhood and caring for theenvironment go hand in hand. While feminists celebrate this connection,women and all those who care for people and environments are facingincreasing burdens and decreasing time for civic engagement.In Beyond Mothering Earth, MacGregor argues thatcelebrations of "earthcare" as women's uniquecontribution to the search for sustainability often neglect to considerthe importance of politics and citizenship in women's lives.Drawing on interviews with women who juggle private caring with civicengagement in quality-of-life concerns, she proposes an alternative: aproject of feminist ecological citizenship that affirms the practice ofcitizenship as an intrinsically valuable activity while recognizing thefoundational aspects of caring labour and natural processes that allowits specificity to flourish.Beyond Mothering Earth provides an original and empiricallygrounded understanding of women's involvement in quality-of-lifeactivism and an analysis of citizenship that makes an importantcontribution to contemporary discussions of green politics,globalization, neoliberalism, and democratic justice. It will be ofvalue to scholars and activists interested in the politics ofenvironmental sustainability and the shifting meanings of citizenshipin an increasingly vulnerable world.

Publication:

Canada

Imprint:

University of British Columbia Press

Prizes:

Short-listed for Book Award, Canadian Women's Studies Association 2008

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