The Ecological Other

The Ecological Other
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9780816511884
ISBN-13 : 0816511888
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Book Synopsis The Ecological Other by : Sarah Jaquette Ray

Download or read book The Ecological Other written by Sarah Jaquette Ray and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages recent scholarship on trans-corporeality, disability studies, and environmental justice. Ray argues that environmental discourse often frames ecological crisis as a crisis of the body, therefore promoting ecological health at the cost of social equality. Ray urges us to be careful about the ways in which we construct “others” in our arguments to protect nature.


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