Historicising the Metaphor of Mother Earth

Authors

  • Lyn McCredden Deakin University

Keywords:

feminism, postcolonialism, mother earth

Abstract

The paper traces some recent feminist and postcolonial positions with regard to the metaphor of 'Mother Earth', either promoting it or rejecting it as essentialist and stereotyping. She refers to work by Susan Griffin, Kay Schaffer, Jane Jacobs and David Tacey.

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Published

2013-02-13

Issue

1997: Land and Identity: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference

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How to Cite

Historicising the Metaphor of Mother Earth. (2013). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 126-130. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/9519