Ecofeministic Concern in Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green: An Analysis

Abstract

Ecofeminism deals with the two venerable and suppressed things in the world that are Woman and Environment. Though it seems a novel theory, it has age old references from ancient world as woman and nature often compared in literary text almost all around the world. Thus emerges the concept called Ecofeminism and becomes a significant part of study in the field of literature. It aids people to protect/respect both woman and nature as the world demands it. This literary study, not like other aesthetic one which gives only satisfaction and harmony, predominantly provides awareness to the imperfect world about the disordered situation of the present and instruct people to act wisely as not to hurt woman and nature. Sarah Joseph, a novelist and short story writer, hails from Kerala. She always gives voice for woman and nature against patriarchal society. Her novel Gift in Green delineates the impact of both Cultural environmentalism and Eco feminism.