English Literature & Creative Writing
Event Title
On Fungi, Future, and Feminism: An Ecofeminist Analysis of M.R. Carey's "The Girl with All the Gifts"
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
Sponsor
Adam Beach (Ball State University)
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.
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.