Degree Name
MALS (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies)
Program
Liberal Studies
Date of Award
12-2011
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Jill LeRoy-Frazier
Committee Members
Theresa A. Lloyd, Marie Tedesco
Abstract
This thesis examines Fielding Burke's Call Home the Heart, Grace Lumpkin's To Make My Bread, and Myra Page's Gathering Storm through the lens of ecofeminism, an interdisciplinary theory that contributes the necessary insight into the link between the abuse of power on personal, political, and economic levels that underlies the human oppression and environmental exploitation experienced by the novels' characters and communities. A resurrection of the Gastonia novels through the framework of ecofeminism will contribute to the scholarly discourse regarding this maturing theory as well as intensify the critical body of work concerning the Gastonia novels themselves.
This thesis, in conjunction with the works of instrumental Appalachian scholars, literary critics, and historians as well as major landmark texts in the field of ecofeminism such as Kathy Warren's Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature and Greta Gaard's Ecofeminism: Women, Animals, Nature, purposes to advance the critical standing of the Gastonia novels.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Aubrey, Amanda Leigh, "The Gastonia Novels and Ecofeminism: Rereading the Works of Fielding Burke Grace Lumpkin and Myra Page." (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1355. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1355
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.