‘Violence against the Earth is Violence against Women’: The Rape Theme in Women’s Eco-Narratives

Abstract

In letteratura la connessione metaforica tra donna e terra viene spesso esemplificata attraverso il topos dell’abuso sessuale. Spesso infatti l’atto dello stupro viene equiparato allo sfruttamento coloniale della terra. Oggi molte attiviste si impegnano a sovvertire i comportamenti colonialisti e capitalisti che sottendono la preoccupante normalizzazione della violenza contro le donne e contro la terra. In quest’articolo ci si propone di analizzare il tema dello stupro nelle opere di Lee Maracle, Dionne Brand e Margaret Atwood, tre scrittrici canadesi che promuovono un senso di giustizia ambientale attraverso il recupero di un ethos di rispetto per la connessione tra la terra e le donne.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-72

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