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Re-thinking green: ecofeminist pedagogy and the archetype of the witch in young adult literature

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Date Issued:
2013
Summary:
This project examines the presence and significance of ecofeminism and pedagogy within contemporary Young Adult literatures, particularly girls’ ecofantasy literatures. Specifically, I examine the role and representations of the female body in nature and any real or perceived connections between them. To accomplish this, I bring the theories of several feminist, ecofeminist, and environmental studies scholars together with my primary texts, Green Angel and Green Witch by Alice Hoffman, to examine the depiction of the female body in nature through interconnectedness and reciprocity between human and non-human nature, green transformations, and the archetype of the witch.
Title: Re-thinking green: ecofeminist pedagogy and the archetype of the witch in young adult literature.
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Name(s): Barton, Jessica Gray, author
Hinshaw, Wendy, Thesis advisor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Degree grantor
Department of English
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: single unit
Date Created: Fall 2013
Date Issued: 2013
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form: Online Resource
Extent: 69 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This project examines the presence and significance of ecofeminism and pedagogy within contemporary Young Adult literatures, particularly girls’ ecofantasy literatures. Specifically, I examine the role and representations of the female body in nature and any real or perceived connections between them. To accomplish this, I bring the theories of several feminist, ecofeminist, and environmental studies scholars together with my primary texts, Green Angel and Green Witch by Alice Hoffman, to examine the depiction of the female body in nature through interconnectedness and reciprocity between human and non-human nature, green transformations, and the archetype of the witch.
Identifier: FA0004004 (IID)
Note(s): Includes bibliography.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013.
Subject(s): Ecofeminism in literature
Feminist theory
Nature in literature
Hoffman, Alice -- Green witch -- Criticism and interpretation
Hoffman, Alice -- Green angel -- Criticism and interpretation
Human body -- Social aspects
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Sublocation: Boca Raton, Fla.
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