The Victimization of Women and Nature in Tony Morrison’s Sula and Anita Desai’s In Custody: an Ecofeminist Study

Abstract

Ecofeminism is a socio-environmental movement that asserts a connection between the exploitation of the natural environment and the oppression and marginalization of women. The purpose of this research is to undermine the ideology of male dominated society in which men oppress both woman and nature. It analyzes Toni Morrison’s Sula and Anita Desai’s In Custody in light of ecofeminist perspectives with a brief analysis of the textual and conceptual principles of ecofeminism in the selected novels. It compares the ideology of how those writers portray the victimization of woman and nature through the male and female characters. To accomplish this, it is necessary to elucidate pertinent ecofeminist theory of Francoise d'Eaubonne which highlights the victimization, and oppression of women are inextricably linked to the devastation of the environment and natural world.