English Literature & Creative Writing

On Fungi, Future, and Feminism: An Ecofeminist Analysis of M.R. Carey's "The Girl with All the Gifts"

Presenter Information

Leah Heim, Ball State University

Document Type

Oral Presentation

Location

Indianapolis, IN

Subject Area

English Literature & Creative Writing

Start Date

13-4-2018 9:30 AM

End Date

13-4-2018 10:15 AM

Description

“On Fungi, Future, and Feminism: An Ecofeminist Analysis of M.R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts” is a research project that investigates theoretical trends within the zombie genre and attempts to situate Carey’s novel within those trends by way of an ecofeminist analysis. Carey’s novel, in a way, is an attempt to craft a zombie narrative that breaks away from the conservative, patriarchal values running through the genre, and the novel does this by way of a strong ecofeminist critique on the patriarchal structures that brought the novel’s world to the apocalypse. In order to present this thesis, the research project looks at scholars such as James Berger, Stephanie Boluk and Wylie Lenz, and ecofeminist activist Greta Gaard. While ecofeminism has fallen out of fashion in many modern feminist conversations, the theory still has much to offer literary critique, especially in the realm of zombie literature. This research was done as part of the Digital Literature Review class and journal at Ball State University, under the supervision of Dr. Adam Beach.

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On Fungi, Future, and Feminism: An Ecofeminist Analysis of M.R. Carey's "The Girl with All the Gifts"

Indianapolis, IN

“On Fungi, Future, and Feminism: An Ecofeminist Analysis of M.R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts” is a research project that investigates theoretical trends within the zombie genre and attempts to situate Carey’s novel within those trends by way of an ecofeminist analysis. Carey’s novel, in a way, is an attempt to craft a zombie narrative that breaks away from the conservative, patriarchal values running through the genre, and the novel does this by way of a strong ecofeminist critique on the patriarchal structures that brought the novel’s world to the apocalypse. In order to present this thesis, the research project looks at scholars such as James Berger, Stephanie Boluk and Wylie Lenz, and ecofeminist activist Greta Gaard. While ecofeminism has fallen out of fashion in many modern feminist conversations, the theory still has much to offer literary critique, especially in the realm of zombie literature. This research was done as part of the Digital Literature Review class and journal at Ball State University, under the supervision of Dr. Adam Beach.