CSII

📘 Chapter 1 – Living Interconnections with Animals and Nature (Greta Gaard)

• Explains what ecofeminism is and how women, animals, and nature are interconnected.

• Shows how patriarchy links sexism, speciesism, racism, and ecological destruction.

• Introduces the idea of an interconnected self instead of a separate individualistic self.

• Sets the foundation for linking feminism + environmentalism + animal liberation.

• Previews the book’s themes and the need for coalition-building across movements.

📘 Chapter 2 – Ecofeminism and Bioregions (Jim Cheney)

• Shows how ecofeminism and bioregionalism share concerns: place, community, diversity.

• Argues that ethics should be contextual, connected to the particular environment or community.

• Offers a theoretical basis for linking ecofeminist ethics with ecological belonging.

📘 Chapter 3 – Women’s Traditionally Defined Animal–Human Relationships (Molly Mullin)

• Examines how women have historically interacted with animals (farming, caretaking, domestic roles).

• Shows how these relationships are gendered and often undervalued.

• Opens discussion on how everyday relationships with animals shape ecofeminist ethics.

📘 Chapter 4 – Animals in Women’s Lives and Art (Carol J. Adams & Jim Mason)

• Looks at women artists’ representation of animals.

• Shows how women use creative work to challenge domination of animals.

• Demonstrates that art becomes a space for expressing ethical, emotional, and political ties to animals.

📘 Chapter 5 – The Ethics of Care and Animals (Josephine Donovan)

• Applies the ethics of care to human–animal relationships.

• Argues that emotional connection, empathy, and responsiveness should guide moral decisions.

• Challenges traditional moral theories (rights, utilitarianism) that ignore relationships.

📘 Chapter 6 – Feminist–Vegetarian Critical Theory (Carol J. Adams)

• Introduces how meat-eating is tied to patriarchy, masculinity, and domination.

• Expands on Adams’ concepts like the Absent Referent.

• Shows how ecofeminism critiques animal exploitation, diet, and culture.

📘 Chapter 7 – Ecofeminism and the Primitive (Karen J. Warren)

• Explores how “primitive” or “nature-associated” groups (women, Indigenous peoples, animals) are devalued.

• Critiques Western dualisms that rank some lives as less valuable.

• Broadens ecofeminism into cultural and philosophical analysis.

📘 Chapter 8 – Chinese Philosophy and Ecofeminism (Lisa Raphals)

• Examines Daoist and Chinese philosophical ideas about nature.

• Shows how non-dualistic, holistic traditions align with ecofeminist thinking.

• Offers cross-cultural perspectives on harmony, relationships, and ethics.

📘 Chapter 9 – Native American Identity and Nature (Annette Kolodny)

• Discusses Native American worldviews that connect identity with the land.

• Emphasizes community, storytelling, spirituality, and place-based ethics.

• Highlights Indigenous perspectives as ecological and feminist alternatives to Western patriarchy.

📘 Chapter 10 – The Feminization of Nature in Agriculture (Vandana Shiva)

• Critiques how development and industrial agriculture exploit:

  • women

  • animals

  • the environment

• Shows how nature is feminized (e.g., “Mother Earth”) and used to justify its exploitation.

• Offers real-world case studies of ecofeminist political struggles.

📘 Chapter 11 – Ecofeminist Environmental Activism (Lori Gruen)

• Describes how ecofeminist activists engage in real-life environmental struggles.

• Shows how women mobilize around:

  • toxic pollution

  • animal testing

  • industrial agriculture

  • community health

• Emphasizes grassroots activism and coalition-building.

📘 Chapter 12 – Differences, Colonialism, and the Danger of a Universal Woman (Greta Gaard)

• Warns against treating women as a single, universal category.

• Shows how ecofeminism must avoid:

  • cultural appropriation

  • colonial thinking

  • erasing differences among women

• Argues for a pluralist, diverse, inclusive, global ecofeminism.