Insurgent Vulnerability and the Carbon Footprint of Gender

Gendered stances, styles, practices, and modesof thought permeate the representations of the science of climate change, the activist response to climate change, and modes of consumerism responsible for releasing massive quantities of carbon into the atmosphere. This article critiques two predominant...

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Autor principal:	Stacy Alaimo
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	DA EN NB SV
Publicado:	The Royal Danish Library 2009
Materias:	Social Sciences H
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/cf1176f2fc48472b8c2c66e2e127fe19
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cf1176f2fc48472b8c2c66e2e127fe192021-12-01T00:08:00ZInsurgent Vulnerability and the Carbon Footprint of Gender10.7146/kkf.v0i3-4.279692245-6937https://doaj.org/article/cf1176f2fc48472b8c2c66e2e127fe192009-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/27969https://doaj.org/toc/2245-6937Gendered stances, styles, practices, and modesof thought permeate the representations of the science of climate change, the activist response to climate change, and modes of consumerism responsible for releasing massive quantities of carbon into the atmosphere. This article critiques two predominant forms of masculinity - the masculinity of aggressive consumption that has increased the carbon footprint of the U.S. and the free-floating, transcendent perspective presented by the official U.S. accounts of climate change. The article argues that a stance of ‘insurgent vulnerability' counters the sense of enclosed imperviousness proffered by both masculinist consumerism and abstract technological perspectives. It concludes with a note of caution about the term ‘vulnerability' which may reinforce gender dichotomies, heteronormativity, and the reduction of the environment to a ‘resource'.Stacy AlaimoThe Royal Danish LibraryarticleSocial SciencesHDAENNBSVKvinder, Køn & Forskning, Iss 3-4 (2009)
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description	Gendered stances, styles, practices, and modesof thought permeate the representations of the science of climate change, the activist response to climate change, and modes of consumerism responsible for releasing massive quantities of carbon into the atmosphere. This article critiques two predominant forms of masculinity - the masculinity of aggressive consumption that has increased the carbon footprint of the U.S. and the free-floating, transcendent perspective presented by the official U.S. accounts of climate change. The article argues that a stance of ‘insurgent vulnerability' counters the sense of enclosed imperviousness proffered by both masculinist consumerism and abstract technological perspectives. It concludes with a note of caution about the term ‘vulnerability' which may reinforce gender dichotomies, heteronormativity, and the reduction of the environment to a ‘resource'.
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Insurgent Vulnerability and the Carbon Footprint of Gender

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