An Exegesis of Postcolonial Ecofeminism in Contemporary Literature

Abstract

This paper outlines the lineage of
postcolonial ecofeminism in India in terms of both
activism and fiction that explicitly foreground
women. I argue that women’s relationship to the
environment is ambivalent, thus disputing the
dualism of nature/culture and yet straddling the grey
area between these two binaries. This is particularly
highlighted by women writing indian fiction in
English.