ENGL 229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Karen Solie, Edward Burtynsky, Liberal Feminism
3 Sep 2018
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Note: pay attention to number of words per sentence and the rhythm this creates in writing. Solie very concerned with the effect of humans on the environment. Eco-feminists agree that the domination of women and the domination of nature are fundamentally connected and that environmental efforts are therefore integral with work to overcome the oppression of women. Exploitation of women connected with exploitation of the environment. The primary aims of eco-feminism are not the same as those typically associated with liberal feminism. Eco-feminists do not seek equality with men as such, but ami for a liberation of women as women. Western patriarchal thinking is based on dualism. Worldview that orders the world by dividing it into opposed pairs of concepts. One concept in each pair is deemed superior to the other. Patriarchal structures justify their domination through binary definitions. Five of diamonds, river runt, lazy ike are types of fishing lures.
