Cultura

Revising Masculinities Through Ecofeminist Lenses: Social and Cultural Ecologies in the Works of Ntozake Shange

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Enamala. Kalavathi, Dr. E. S. Sharmila Sigamany

Abstract

This paper presents the ways that masculinities are reconstructed using the techniques of ecofeminist paradigms in the writings of Ntozake Shange. Combining ecofeminist theory with masculinity study, the discussion examines how Shange confronts patriarchal constructions that do not only harm the environment but also marginalized groups of people. The analysis of the texts of the chosen works through a close textual analysis approaches the issue of the interconnection of gendered identities, cultural ecologies, and social structures. Ecofeminist observations can help us understand the manner in which Shange places women, men, and nature in inter-relationships of care, exploitation, and resistance. The analysis brings out the destructive masculinities that are created through the cultural and social dislocations and the alternative and curative masculinities created through community, creativity and ecological consciousness. Following all these overlapping themes, the article provides a new interpretive paradigm to explain the role played by Shange in Black feminist and ecological literary discourse. The paper concludes by saying that Shange subvers masculinity by basing it on relational, ethical and ecological paradigms.

Keywords : Ecofeminism, Masculinity Studies, Cultural Ecologies, Social Ecologies and Black Feminist Literature..
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty