Ecofamilism: Women, Religion, and Environmental Protection in Taiwan

Ecofamilism proposes a new analytical framework, moving beyond ecofeminism, based on Western feminism and Christian theology, to illuminate Taiwanese women’s motivations and how they understand their role in the environmental movement. Based on extensive interviews with women founders, leaders, and members of six non-governmental, often religious-based, organizations from 1990–2015, the work presents contemporary issues in Taiwan from the perspectives of social anthropology, geography, inte...