The Ecology of Exclusion: Ecofeminism, Gender Essentialism and Epistemological Violence in Easterine Kire’s When the River Sleeps (2014)

Mallika Bala; Madhumita Roy

doi:10.1080/00497878.2026.2704875

July 27, 2026Women s Studies

The Ecology of Exclusion: Ecofeminism, Gender Essentialism and Epistemological Violence in Easterine Kire’s When the River Sleeps (2014)

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The aim is to evaluate the criticisms of ecofeminism, specifically highlighting its alleged lack of rigor and over-reliance on gender essentialism.
Literary critique of Easterine Kire’s work, focusing on themes of ecofeminism.
Analysis of the intellectual challenges faced by ecofeminism.
Identified ecofeminism as intellectually regressive and inconsistent.
Highlighted concerns about gender essentialism in ecofeminist discourse.

Implication

Critical examination of ecofeminism and its inconsistencies in gender discourse and literature.

Abstract

Ecofeminism is inconsistent, intellectually regressive, and it lacks rigour. Ecofeminism is the fluffy face of feminism. Challengers of this view of ecofeminism insist that ecofeminism is scientifi...

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The Ecology of Exclusion: Ecofeminism, Gender Essentialism and Epistemological Violence in Easterine Kire’s When the River Sleeps (2014)

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