Routledge Ecofeminist Science Fiction - Gender and Ecology Book

Ecofeminist Science Fiction: International Perspectives on Gender, Ecology, and Literature offers a deep look into the most pressing dangers facing humanity today. By utilizing science fiction, this collection provides the emotional distance needed to examine our current global situation through the lens of time, space, and circumstance. This volume allows for a critique of modern society by extrapolating from contemporary science to imagine life-affirming alternatives. Part of the Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment, this book brings together ecocritics from five different regions to explore how literature intersects with environmental and gender issues. It is an essential resource for those studying how speculative fiction helps us face threats to human existence and rethink our relationship with the natural world.