Carol J. Adams is the author of many books, most notably the pioneering The Sexual Politics of Meat. She has published around 100 articles on vegetarianism, animal rights, domestic violence, and sexual abuse.

Lori Gruen is Professor of Philosophy, Environmental Studies, and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, USA, where she also coordinates Wesleyan Animal Studies. She is the author most recently of Ethics and Animals: An Introduction and the editor of five books.

Leading feminist scholars and activists as well as new voices explore and introduce themes central to contemporary ecofeminism: the intersections of feminist theory, environmental studies and practical ethics.

Ecofeminism addresses the various ways that sexism, heteronormativity, racism, colonialism, and ableism are informed by and support speciesism. Ecofeminists stress the need to attend to context over universal judgments and argue for the importance of care as well as justice, emotional as well as rationality in working to undo the logic of domination and its material implications.

Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth begins with a historical, grounding section ("Groundwork") that situates ecofeminist theory and activism, provides a timeline for important publications and events, and presents first person narratives that reflect on experiences making connections. "Groundwork" reveals how, even before Animal Liberation and The Case for Animal Rights—two books linked to the emergence of the animal rights movement and animal studies—feminists were making formative theoretical and practical insights. Two sections follow "Groundwork," one on "Affect" in which authors dig deeper into how our affect can and must inform our relationships with the more than human world. In the final section "Context," the authors explore the complexities associated with making judgments while giving full consideration to changing contexts.

The result is a new fully up-to-date guide and resource for students and teachers of environmental studies, feminist studies, practical ethics, and animal studies.

Preface

Introduction

Part 1 Groundwork

1. Groundwork
Carol J. Adams and Lori Gruen
Ecofeminism: An Overview
Rosemary Ruether

Part 2 Affect
Introduction to Part 2

2. Compassion and Being Human
Deane Curtin
3. Joy
Deborah Slicer
4. Participatory Epistemology, Sympathy, and Animal Ethics
Josephine Donovan
5. Eros and the Mechanisms of Eco-Defense
pattrice jones
6. Vulnerability and Dependency and the Ethics of Care
Sunny Taylor
7. Facing Death and Practicing Grief
Lori Gruen

Part 3 Context
Introduction to Part 3

8. Caring Cannibals: Testing Contextual Edibility for Speciesism
Ralph Acampora
9. Inter-Animal Moral Conflicts and Moral Repair: A Contextualized Ecofeminism Approach in Action
Karen S. Emmerman
10. The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Michael Vick
Claire Kim
11. Ecofeminism and Veganism-Revisiting the Question of Universalism
Richard Twine
12. Why a Pig? A reclining nude reveals the intersections of race, sex, slavery, and species
Carol J. Adams
13. Toward New EcoMasculinities, EcoGenders, and EcoSexualities
Greta Gaard
14. The Transnational Politics of Meat
Carol Adams and Lori Gruen

Works Cited
Index