Patriarchal domination and Chaotic World: an ecofeminist analysis of the blue Ant trilogy by William Gibson
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Ecology, Feminism, science fiction, and Ecofeminism.Abstract
This dissertation is an analytical study of William Gibson’s Blue Ant trilogy in the backdrop of an ecofeminist framework. The research deals with the liberal ecofeminist stance proposed by Vandana Shiva, Maria Mies, and Karen J. Warren that links the suppression of women and the exploitation of land. The research is delimited to the analysis of Gibson’s three novels: Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, and Zero History. The study aims to analyze the patriarchal exploitation of both women and land. Using textual analysis as the method for the investigation, the study explores the novels for the representations in terms of suppression amongst women and nature. It not only shows that these novels reveal the subjugation of land and exploitation of woman but also the patriarchal dominance nurture oppressive system that brings destruction and chaos. It focuses on the damages caused by patriarchal domination as man is habitual in seeing women and nature as “objects”. The researcher concludes that destruction can only be healed by bringing change to the patriarchal system of oppression. This research will broad scope for future researchers in Ecology, Feminism, science fiction, and Ecofeminism.
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