The Secret Murder of Joy: An Ecofeministic Study on Alice Walker’s possessing the Secret of Joy

Abstract

<h3 data-fontsize="17" data-lineheight="23">Abstract</h3> <p>Throughout the history of evolution of humankind, there has been disparity and discrimination. Diversity in nature and its creation has always been upheld through this discrepancy that exists in the society. Ecofeminism essentially is an amalgam of the feminist and ecology movements, the former centering on the concern for women and the latter on nature. It emphasizes the relationship between human beings and nature, since it stresses that the human being ?has an organic connection with nature?.</p>