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Roots of Ruin: Ecofeminist Echoes of Environmental and Gendered Subjugation in Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias

Author(s) Ms. PRIYADHARSHINI M MUTHUSAMY, Dr. VENKATESHKUMAR A -
Country India
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This paper explores the intertwined mechanisms of ecological degradation and gendered oppression in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian fiction through the lens of ecofeminist theory. Focusing primarily on The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake, the study reveals how Atwood constructs dystopian worlds where patriarchal authority and environmental exploitation emerge as co-dependent systems of domination. Drawing on foundational ecofeminist thinkers such as Vandana Shiva and Greta Gaard, the analysis situates women’s bodies and the natural world as parallel sites of control, commodification, and silencing. Through close textual reading, the article illustrates how Atwood critiques corporate capitalism, biopower, and reproductive control as tools that perpetuate both environmental collapse and gendered violence. Atwood’s speculative vision, however, is not solely apocalyptic—it also gestures towards resistance, resilience, and the possibility of reclaiming agency and ecological balance. By examining these "roots of ruin," this article asserts that Atwood’s fiction not only reflects the crises of our contemporary moment but also invites an urgent reevaluation of ethical relationships between human and non-human life.
Keywords Ecofeminism, dystopia, environmental degradation, gender oppression, patriarchal capitalism.
Field Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-15
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.48163
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9qqn6
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