Nature and Ethnic Women: An Ecofeminist Reading of Chi Zijian's The Last Quarter of the Moon and Linda Hogan's Solar Storms

• Published in: Comparative Literature Studies
• Main Author: Du, Lanlan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2018
• Subjects: Evenki
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/complitstudies.55.4.0787; https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/cls/article-pdf/55/4/787/1273718/complitstudies_55_4_787.pdf

Abstract Although they do not have any factual connections, both contemporary Chinese writer Chi Zijian and Chickasaw writer Linda Hogan have deep concerns about the intertwined environmental and gender issues. By employing an ecofeminist approach, this essay aims to make a comparative analysis of The Last Quarter of the Moon and Solar Storms to analyze ethnic women's affinity with nature and the twin exploitation of nature and women revealed in them. It argues that both the two novels emphasize a general acceptance of the interconnectedness of human and nonhuman world, with The Last Quarter of the Moon focusing more on the unity between nature and humanity, and the lamentation of the demise of the Evenki culture in the process of modernization whereas Solar Storms has a clearer awareness of resistance to the double oppression of the land and Native American women.