04994oam 22007214a 450 991015161290332120240505191947.00-252-09898-6(CKB)3710000000951711(StDuBDS)EDZ0001641943(OCoLC)952277360(MdBmJHUP)muse56952(MiAaPQ)EBC4792705(EXLCZ)99371000000095171120160623d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierEcological Borderlands Body, Nature, and Spirit in Chicana Feminism /Christina Holmes1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Press[2016]1 online resource illustrations (black and white, and colour)NWSA/UIP first book prizePreviously issued in print: 2016.0-252-08201-X 0-252-04054-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Ecological Borderlands: Connecting Movements, Theories, Selves -- 1. Borderlands Environmentalism: Historiography in the Midst of Category Confusion -- 2. Misrecognition, Metamorphosis, and Maps in Chicana Feminist Cultural Production -- 3. Allegory, Materiality, and Agency in Amalia Mesa-Bains's Altar Environments -- 4. Body/Landscape/Spirit Relations in Señorita Extraviada: Cinematic Deterritorializations and the Limits of Audience Literacy -- 5. Building Green Community at the Border: Feminist and Ecological Consciousness at the Women's Intercultural Center -- Conclusion. Bridging Movements with Technologies for the Ecological Self -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author."This project focuses on environmental practices among Mexican-American women and offers a rethinking of ecofeminism from the standpoint of Chicana feminists. Christina Holmes examines ecological themes across film, literature, murals and other visual art, Chicano nationalist activism, and contemporary direct action organization and presents how Chicana artists, activists, and scholars craft alternative models for ecofeminist praxis. Drawing on debates central to earlier ecofeminist work, Holmes analyzes issues around embodiment, women's connections to nature, and the place of spirituality in ecofeminist philosophy and practice. Chicana environmentalism provides pathways to insights in decolonization by linking social and ecological justice outside of a narrow framework, and Holmes seeks to explore the challenges to debates in the canon of ecofeminist literature to develop a more inclusive model of environmental feminism to alleviate some of the biases in Western feminism. Close readings of theoretical work; careful elaborations of ecological narratives in Chicana cultural productions; histories of land, water, and work rights struggles in the Southwest; and a detailed description of an activist exemplar of Chicana eco-feminist practices all work in tandem to underscore the importance of living with feminist commitment in body, nature, and spirit. Chicana Environmentalisms demonstrates how Chicana feminists have actively and materially stretched themselves into coalitions with human, nature, and spirit others, and these acts underscore the role of agency in Chicana ecofeminist work"--Provided by publisher.National Women's Studies Association/University of Illinois First Book Prize.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender StudiesbisacshSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American StudiesbisacshSOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist TheorybisacshMexican AmericansStudy and teachingFeminismEnvironmental justiceMexican-American Border RegionWomen and the environmentMexican-American Border RegionWomenMexican-American Border RegionMexican American womenEcofeminismMexican-American Border RegionElectronic books. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory.Mexican AmericansStudy and teaching.Feminism.Environmental justiceWomen and the environmentWomenMexican American women.Ecofeminism305.4886872073SOC010000SOC044000SOC032000bisacshHolmes Christina1979-1247815MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910151612903321Ecological Borderlands2892440UNINA