Open AccessEcofeminist invitations in the works of Sindiwe Magona
Author(s) -
Dianne Shober
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
literator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2219-8237
pISSN - 0258-2279
DOI - 10.4102/lit.v38i1.1392
Subject(s) - injustice , rhetorical question , politics , natural (archaeology) , value (mathematics) , ecofeminism , mediation , sociology , criticism , environmental ethics , interrogation , field (mathematics) , gender studies , aesthetics , political science , social science , history , literature , art , law , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , pure mathematics
The global challenges of environmental devastation and gender-based injustice require a multifocal approach in appropriating effective solutions. While acknowledging the effectual endeavours initiated through the social and natural sciences to counteract these areas of degradation, this paper offers another field of potential mediation: ecofeminist literary criticism. Through its interrogation of selected works by the black South African writer, Sindiwe Magona, it seeks to reveal the value of literature as a tool to counteract destructive political and patriarchal rhetorical paradigms, which have served to oppress nature and women and, through ecofeminist discourse, mitigate lasting global change.