2 Eco-Feminism and the Gendering Green Criminology Project
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Pamela Davies
Abstract
This chapter focuses on ecological (eco-)feminism. The foundation of eco-feminism is the relationship between women, the earth and environmentalism. The chapter traces our theoretical and conceptual understanding of green criminology using eco-feminism as the springboard for assessing the extent to which green criminology is gendered and for developing a framework for embedding a gendered approach to the green criminological and victimological project into the future. The first substantive section outlines the hallmarks of eco-feminism tuning in to the history of eco-feminism as well as insights from more recent environmental justice/environmental racism contributions from outside of criminology all under the heading ‘eco-feminism as a benchmark’. The second part of the chapter examines contemporary scholarship within green criminology and identifies the extent, variety and strength of the eco-feminist theoretical underpinnings to that work. The third part of the chapter considers eco-feminism and intersectionalities. Across the piece, the chapter considers the enduring strength of eco-feminism as well as critiques and limitations, reflecting on why the influence of gendered theorising is not more embedded in green criminology. Drawing to a close, the chapter considers the extent to which eco-feminism holds out for a gender-sensitive form of justice into the 21st century.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on ecological (eco-)feminism. The foundation of eco-feminism is the relationship between women, the earth and environmentalism. The chapter traces our theoretical and conceptual understanding of green criminology using eco-feminism as the springboard for assessing the extent to which green criminology is gendered and for developing a framework for embedding a gendered approach to the green criminological and victimological project into the future. The first substantive section outlines the hallmarks of eco-feminism tuning in to the history of eco-feminism as well as insights from more recent environmental justice/environmental racism contributions from outside of criminology all under the heading ‘eco-feminism as a benchmark’. The second part of the chapter examines contemporary scholarship within green criminology and identifies the extent, variety and strength of the eco-feminist theoretical underpinnings to that work. The third part of the chapter considers eco-feminism and intersectionalities. Across the piece, the chapter considers the enduring strength of eco-feminism as well as critiques and limitations, reflecting on why the influence of gendered theorising is not more embedded in green criminology. Drawing to a close, the chapter considers the extent to which eco-feminism holds out for a gender-sensitive form of justice into the 21st century.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Figures and Tables v
- Notes on Contributors vi
- Acknowledgements xii
- Foreword xiii
- Why Gendering Green Criminology Matters 1
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Gendered Nature of Green Crimes and Environmental Harm
- Eco-Feminism and the Gendering Green Criminology Project 17
- New Directions Please! Veganising Green Criminology 34
- Men and the Climate Crisis: Why Masculinities Matter for Green Criminology 53
- Reconceptualising Gendered Dimensions of Illegal Wildlife Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa through Legal, Policy and Programmatic Means 72
- The Attitudes of People with Different Gender Identities and Different Perceptions of Gender Roles towards Nonhuman Animals and Their Welfare 97
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Gendered Impacts and Victimisation
- Queering Green Criminology: The Impacts of Zoonotic Diseases on the LGBTQ Community 121
- Women and the Structural Violence of ‘Fast-Fashion’ Global Production: Victimisation, Poorcide and Environmental Harms 148
- Green Victims of the International Waste Industry: An Analysis from a Gender Perspective 170
- The Green Road Project and Women’s Green Victimisation in Turkey 187
- ‘Daughters of Dust’: An Eco-Feminist Analysis of Debt-for-Nature Swaps and Underage Marriage in Indonesia 205
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Resistance
- Women’s Experiences of Environmental Harm in Colombia: Learning from Black, Decolonial and Indigenous Communitarian Feminisms 229
- Vegan Feminism Then and Now: Women’s Resistance to Legalised Speciesism across Three Waves of Activism 251
- ‘To Preserve and Promote’: Gendering Harm in Green Cultural Criminology 267
- David and Goliath: Exploring the Male Burdens of Patriarchal Capitalism 289
- Index 304
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Figures and Tables v
- Notes on Contributors vi
- Acknowledgements xii
- Foreword xiii
- Why Gendering Green Criminology Matters 1
-
Gendered Nature of Green Crimes and Environmental Harm
- Eco-Feminism and the Gendering Green Criminology Project 17
- New Directions Please! Veganising Green Criminology 34
- Men and the Climate Crisis: Why Masculinities Matter for Green Criminology 53
- Reconceptualising Gendered Dimensions of Illegal Wildlife Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa through Legal, Policy and Programmatic Means 72
- The Attitudes of People with Different Gender Identities and Different Perceptions of Gender Roles towards Nonhuman Animals and Their Welfare 97
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Gendered Impacts and Victimisation
- Queering Green Criminology: The Impacts of Zoonotic Diseases on the LGBTQ Community 121
- Women and the Structural Violence of ‘Fast-Fashion’ Global Production: Victimisation, Poorcide and Environmental Harms 148
- Green Victims of the International Waste Industry: An Analysis from a Gender Perspective 170
- The Green Road Project and Women’s Green Victimisation in Turkey 187
- ‘Daughters of Dust’: An Eco-Feminist Analysis of Debt-for-Nature Swaps and Underage Marriage in Indonesia 205
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Resistance
- Women’s Experiences of Environmental Harm in Colombia: Learning from Black, Decolonial and Indigenous Communitarian Feminisms 229
- Vegan Feminism Then and Now: Women’s Resistance to Legalised Speciesism across Three Waves of Activism 251
- ‘To Preserve and Promote’: Gendering Harm in Green Cultural Criminology 267
- David and Goliath: Exploring the Male Burdens of Patriarchal Capitalism 289
- Index 304
