THE WOMAN AS A METAPHOR FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN KAINE AGARY’S YELLOW-YELLOW 34 14
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https://doi.org/10.83374/jesber.vol1no2.55Keywords:
Ecofeminism, Female Exploitation, Kaine Agary’s Yellow-Yellow, Environment Degradation, Stereotype, Gender OppressionAbstract
This paper examines the exploitation of women in relation to the environment. Women’s deprivation and oppression hinder their ability to assert and actualize themselves within their communities of practice, thereby confining them to docility and dependence. A symbolic parallel exists between the afflictions of women and those of the physical environment they inhabit. Environmental exploitation prevents the land and water from yielding the resources required for human sustenance. Drawing on ecofeminist theory, which identifies important connections between the treatment of women and the non-human natural environment, this paper argues that women and the environment experience comparable exploitative injustices that prevent them from realizing their full potential in society. The paper observes that the female body in Kaine Agary’s *Yellow-Yellow* functions as a metaphor for the environment. It concludes that ending the exploitation of women and the environment by patriarchal power and destructive human activity, respectively, will benefit society because their restored potential can contribute to the growth and development of both human and non-human communities.Downloads
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