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ecological other
2013
Overview
With roots in eugenics and other social-control programs, modern
American environmentalism is not always as progressive as we would
like to think. In The Ecological Other , Sarah Jaquette Ray
examines the ways in which environmentalism can create social
injustice through discourses of the body. Ray investigates three
categories of ecological otherness: people with disabilities,
immigrants, and Native Americans. Extending recent work in
environmental justice ecocriticism, Ray argues that the expression
of environmental disgust toward certain kinds of bodies draws
problematic lines between ecological \"subjects\"-those who are good
for and belong in nature-and ecological \"others\"-those who are
threats to or out of place in nature. Ultimately, The
Ecological Other urges us to be more critical of how we use
nature as a tool of social control and to be careful about the ways
in which we construct our arguments to ensure its protection. The
book challenges long-standing assumptions in environmentalism and
will be of interest to those in environmental literature and
history, American studies, disability studies, and Native American
studies, as well as anyone concerned with issues of environmental
justice.
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Subject
ISBN
0816511888, 9780816511884
