Women and Eco-Disasters in Maggie Gee’s the Ice Peopleand Sarah Hall’s the Carhullan Army: An Ecofeminist Approach

Abstract

This thesis examines Maggie Gee s The Ice People and Sarah Hall s The Carhullan Army from ecofeminist perspectives, focusing particularly on the connections between women, eco-disasters, and nonhuman beings. In general terms, ecofeminism claims that the systems of domination, such as naturism (the oppression of nature), sexism, and racism are interrelated and must be analysed together. For ecofeminists, these oppressive systems are reinforced and justified through dualistic constructs like male female, culture nature, and human nature. Therefore, they seek to dismantle all types of dualities, promoting a vision of ecologically sustainable and democratic societies based on equality. It is important to note that ecofeminism is not about reducing women to the position of nature and nature to the position of women, which is essentialist. Merging both feminist and ecological thought, ecofeminism has various branches and investigates a diverse array of issues ranging from the dual oppression