『비구름이 모일 때』에 나타난 여성의 생태적 빈곤 — 물의 위기와 억압 재생산이 빚어낸 담론의 역설
The Ecological Impoverishment of Women in When Rain Clouds Gather : The Paradox of Water Crisis Discourse and the Reproduction of Oppression
This study examines the ecological correlation between the water crisis and the impoverishment of women, focusing on Bessie Head’s novel When Rain Clouds Gather. In the narrative, the drought—exacerbated by the climate crisis—intersects with patriarchal power structures, imposing a harsh dystopian reality on social others, women, children, and nature. In Golema Mmidi, a “village of women” marginalized by patriarchal ideology, the female inhabitants bear the brunt of environmental devastation. Driven by the urgency of survival, they eventually embrace outsider-led development initiatives centered on cash crops and the implementation of water infrastructure. However, this transition, sustained by women’s labor, paradoxically disrupts the hydrological cycle and reinforces capitalist structures. In conclusion, Head cautions that women’s efforts to overcome the water crisis risk being trapped in the pitfalls of development discourse.
목차
Ⅰ. 들어가며 Ⅱ. 물의 위기: 사막화와 약자의 희생 Ⅲ. 여성의 마을: 억압의 재생산 Ⅳ. 물의 불안정성: 물에 의한 환대와 폭력 담론 Ⅴ. 나가며 Works Cited Abstract
키워드
Bessie HeadWhen Rain Clouds GatherWater CrisisEcological RepresentationParadox of the Development Discourse