ECOFEMINIST INTERCONNECTIONS: MUTUAL DOMINATION OF WOMEN AND NATURE IN ANITA DESAI'S WHERE SHALL WE GO THIS SUMMER? AND CLEAR LIGHT OF THE DAY

The critical framework of ecofeminism unites feminist analysis with environmental studies through its fundamental belief that the oppression faced by women directly relates to the environmental destruction which arises from interrelated patriarchal power systems and human-centred belief systems. The 1974 manifesto Le Feminismeou la Mort by Francoise d Eaubonne introduced this concept which analyzes the historical link between sexism and ecological damage that occurs through colonial resource extraction and gendered labour distribution while showing that gender-based discrimination functions as a parallel force to environmental destruction through shared patterns of human domination and commercial exploitation and literary censorship. Ecofeminism establishes through its study of Indian environments which expand upon Vandana Shivas postcolonial work and Maria Mies materialist research that womens bodies serve as battlegrounds for fighting against domestic patriarchy and ecological imperialism.