Ecofeminism was coined in 1974 by Francoise d'Eaubonne in her work "Le
feminisme ou la mort." ("Feminism or Death") PARIS, editions Pierre
HORAY, 1974. The last chapter is called "Towards the time of
Eco-feminism" and this is where she introduces her ideas on this subject.
This work, which is mostly about the timely necessity for France to
legalize abortion (which happened in 1975), has not been translated.
Interestingly enough, however, when Francoise was here in April, she would
always refer to her 1978 work, "Ecologie-Feminisme: Revolution ou
Mutation?" (PARIS: Editions ATP, 1978) as the "founding work." This is
the work that I am working on translating for my Master's thesis in
French. I am hoping to be done with it by August, although at the rate
I'm going that might be a little optimistic... I also hope to have a
web-page dedicated to Francoise's works up and running with full copy of
the French version, to go along with my thesis defense... I'll let this
list know of my progress.
If anyone has questions about Francoise d'Eaubonne, her work, or the
recent conference on eco-feminism at the University of Montana, I'd be
happy to do my best to fill you in. You can e-mail me directly. If
you're interested in contacting Francoise, I'm sure she would love it... I
can give you her address in Paris.
Oh, and thanks for the tip, Joe, about Simone de B's untranslated work.
I'm sure I'll be looking for new and interesting projects to work on when
I'm done with this M.A. and that sounds like it certainly would be
interesting...
Francoise is completely astonished by the reknown that eco-feminism has
gained outside of France, where it made some noise in the late 70s but
soon fizzled out. It's exciting to be a part of getting her word out!
jacob paisain
university of montana/french
On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Glynis Carr wrote:
> Does anyone know whether a translation into English exists for the first
> French definition of ecofeminism, in 1974 by --- whoops i forget her
> name?
>
> Joe E. Dees wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know why such a substantial work as "Existentialisme et
> > la Sagasse de Nationes" has never been translated into English? It
> > would be of immense benefit to us monolingual Engloids, and a mark of
> > distinction to the translator who did so (I would think).
> > Joe E. Dees
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> Glynis Carr
> Associate Professor of English
> Bucknell University
> Lewisburg, PA 17837
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gcarr
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