‘코요테 담론’―생태여성주의 문학의 자연/여성 주체화하기

초록

With the emergence of ecofeminism, the infamous concept of nature and women as passive or silent objects, that Western Humanism's tradition of anthropocentrism and androcentrism had firmly solidified, has begun to be challenged. New concepts of nature/women as autonomous subjects have been rapidly emerging, and Gaia has been favored as one of the most popular of such images of autonomous subjects that (eco)feminism has adopted as a means of emancipatory strategy. The Gaia image, however, conveys no less problematic implications than affirmative meanings for women-nature relations, since Mother Earth, in Greek mythology, finally succumbs to her son/husband Uranus. This image in fact, contrary to our general belief, cannot help reminding us of patriarchical subjugation of nature/women. In addition, revaluing women's cultures and practices, ecofeminist endearment of this image inadvertently endorses hierarchical dualism between men and women that ecofeminism has strongly opposed. Unlike such problematic 'Gaia discourse,' the ‘coyote discourse,' which often characterizes ecofeminist writings promises autonomous speaking subjects of both women and nature without resorting to the preconceived images of women-nature relations.

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