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Nature, Women, Rebellion

Ruiying Yi, Weiwei Zhong
Vol. 3, No. 10, pp. 88-92, 2023 DOI: 10.54691/fhss.v3i10.5688 October 23, 2023
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Abstract.Portia Coughlan depicts the mental anguish and identity dilemmas of the heroine Portia in a male-dominated social environment. This study tries to analyze men’s possessions of nature and women, the close relationship between women and nature, and Portia’s rebellion against patriarchal society respectively from the perspective of Eco-feminism, exploring the social situation of women as “the Other” in the contemporary society.
Keywords. Portia Coughlan; Eco-feminism; The Other; Rebellion.
APA Citation Ruiying Yi, Weiwei Zhong (2023). Nature, Women, Rebellion. Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(10), 88-92. https://doi.org/10.54691/fhss.v3i10.5688

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