Kumakalam na sikmura: Hunger as Filipino women's awakening to ecofeminist consciousness

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Philosophy

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion

Volume

31

Issue

2

First Page

25

Last Page

44

Publication Date

9-1-2015

Abstract

In the Philippines, The vernacular kumakalam na sikmura (literally translated as "gnawing of the stomach") is used as an image of hunger, a profound experiential event. Hunger as an embodied experience highlights the reciprocity of the body and the world, and the vulnerability of our embodiment is precisely the thread that weaves our embodied experiences together. The body in pain articulated by kumakalam na sikmura in turn becomes a foundational moral experience that will help frame an ecofeminist praxis responsive to issues surrounding women and nature.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.2979/jfemistudreli.31.2.25

Disciplines

Philosophy

Keywords

Ecofeminism--Philippines; Women and the environment--Philippines

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