‘Violence against the Earth is Violence against Women’: The Rape Theme in Women’s Eco-Narratives

The metaphorical connection between women and the Earth is a recurring literary trope which is often articulated through the theme of rape. In many narratives the sexual abuse of women is, for instance, equated with the colonial penetration and conquering of the land. Today many women writers have u...

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Main Author:	Deborah Saidero
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Udine 2017-11-01
Series:	Le Simplegadi
Online Access:	http://all.uniud.it/simplegadi/wp-content/uploads/2017/Simplegadi_17_2017_Saidero.pdf

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spelling	doaj-27e8cbc195db4dba97568094978e58322020-11-24T21:19:16ZengUniversity of UdineLe Simplegadi1824-52261824-52262017-11-01151726327310.17456/SIMPLE-72‘Violence against the Earth is Violence against Women’: The Rape Theme in Women’s Eco-NarrativesDeborah SaideroThe metaphorical connection between women and the Earth is a recurring literary trope which is often articulated through the theme of rape. In many narratives the sexual abuse of women is, for instance, equated with the colonial penetration and conquering of the land. Today many women writers have undertaken a plight to subvert destructive colonialist and capitalistic attitudes that have normalized violence against women’s bodies and against the Earth. This essay analyses the theme of rape in the works of three Canadian novelists (Maracle, Brand and Atwood) whose eco-narratives summon environmental justice by retrieving an ethos of respect for the woman-land connection.http://all.uniud.it/simplegadi/wp-content/uploads/2017/Simplegadi_17_2017_Saidero.pdf
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‘Violence against the Earth is Violence against Women’: The Rape Theme in Women’s Eco-Narratives

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