{"product_id":"feminism-or-death-how-the-womens-movement-can-save-the-planet-paperback","title":"Feminism or Death: How the Women's Movement Can Save the Planet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancoise D'Eaubonne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRuth Hottell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRuth Hottell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe passionately argued, incendiary French feminist work that first defined \"eco-feminism\"--now available for the first time in English\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published in French in 1974, radical feminist Francoise d'Eaubonne surveyed women's status around the globe and argued that the stakes of feminist struggle was not about equality but about life and death--for humans and the planet. In this wide-ranging manifesto, d'Eaubonne first proposed a politics of ecofeminism, the idea that the patriarchal system's claim over women's bodies and the natural world destroys both, and that feminism and environmentalism must bring about a new \"mutation\"--an overthrow of not just male power but the system of power itself. As d'Eaubonne prophesied, \"the planet placed in the feminine will flourish for all.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Never before published in English, and translated here by French feminist scholar Ruth Hottell, this edition includes an introduction from scholars of ecology and feminism situating d'Eaubonne's work within current feminist theory, environmental justice organizing, and anticolonial feminism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançoise d'Eaubonne\u003c\/b\u003e (1920-2005) was a leading French feminist who is credited with coining the term \"eco-feminism in 1974. A former member of the French Communist Party, she co-founded the \u003ci\u003eFront homosexual d'action révolutionnaire\u003c\/i\u003e in 1971 and created the Ecology-Feminism Center in Paris in 1972. d'Eaubonne was the author of more than 50 works, including novels, poetry, and essays. Her historical novel \u003ci\u003eComme un vol de gerfaut\u003c\/i\u003es (1947) was translated into English as A Flight of Falcons, and extracts from \u003ci\u003eFeminism or Death\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in English in the anthology \u003ci\u003eNew French Feminisms\u003c\/i\u003e in 1981. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyriam Bahaffou\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar activist. Her main field of research is animal ethics, in an decolonial ecofeminist perspective. In France, she tries to renew the vision of the ecofeminist movement, insisting on its radicality and showing the originality of its narrations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Gorecki\u003c\/b\u003e is an ecofeminist activist, scholar and writer. She works on new ecological feminisms towards a \"feminist system change not climate change.\" She is a PhD candidate at the University of California Berkeley and is also part of the transnational women and feminists for climate justice movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Hottell\u003c\/b\u003e holds a Ph.D. in French from the University of Illinois. Having published numerous articles on French literature, cultural studies, and film, she also co-authored three books on Francophone women filmmakers. Now Professor Emerita of French at the University of Toledo, she was recently named to the Order of Academic Palms by the French government.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768025743648,"sku":"9781839764400","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5034df94dcb94bdabf71e848c97de422.webp?v=1780322940","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/feminism-or-death-how-the-womens-movement-can-save-the-planet-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}