{"product_id":"scheherazades-daughters-the-power-of-horst-daemmrich-9781433118715","title":"Scheherazade's Daughters: The Power of Storytelling in Ecofeminist Change","description":"Scheherazade, the storyteller of \u003ci\u003e1001 Arabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, recounts stories literally to save her people, and in \u003ci\u003eScheherazade's Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e, Barbara Bennett explores how contemporary female authors attempt to save their own world by telling compelling stories that disseminate ideas of justice and equality for all living things, a philosophy called ecofeminism. Bennett examines how ecofeminism works in works by Margaret Atwood (\u003ci\u003eSurfacing, The Handmaid's Tale, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOryx \u0026amp; Crake\u003c\/i\u003e), Barbara Kingsolver (\u003ci\u003eAnimal Dreams, The Poisonwood Bible, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProdigal Summer\u003c\/i\u003e), and Ruth Ozeki (\u003ci\u003eMy Year of Meats\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll over Creation\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e Bennett also analyzes ecofeminism in autobiography and memoir in Terry Tempest Williams' \u003ci\u003eRefuge, \u003c\/i\u003e Janisse Ray's \u003ci\u003eEcology of a Cracker Childhood, \u003c\/i\u003e and Sandra Steingraber's \u003ci\u003eLiving Downstream.\u003c\/i\u003e Lastly through Isabel Allende's \u003ci\u003eHouse of the Spirits, \u003c\/i\u003e Ana Castillo's \u003ci\u003eSo Far from God, \u003c\/i\u003e and Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved, \u003c\/i\u003e Bennett investigates how magical realism can spread the positive ideas of ecofeminism.\u003cbr\u003e This groundbreaking book dissects the power of literature to convert minds and hearts in a direction that has the potential, like Scheherazade's stories, to change our world for the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Horst Daemmrich, Barbara Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433118718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433118715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Horst Daemmrich","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986157076735,"sku":"9781433118715","price":98.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86586a99-4713-44d9-a494-beeb10e08501.jpg?v=1683281696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scheherazades-daughters-the-power-of-horst-daemmrich-9781433118715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}