10:13 Sep 21, 2011 

I agree with Carol: "reading" is the most suitable term here.
As someone who has read and translated quite a lot of this sort of stuff, I would caution against the natural temptation to paraphrase the jargon in order make it more natural and accessible to general readers. Such texts are not designed for general readers but for those accustomed to reading cultural theory. If you simplify the language in an explanatory way you tend to undermine the author's intellectual credibility (in the eyes of those who go in for this kind of thing) and make informed readers feel they are being talked down to.

In this kind of writing, the word "economy" is routinely used in ways that can seem quite bizarre to the uninitiated and have nothing to do with money. Take this title, for example: "Good Enough to Eat: The Domestic Economy of Woman-Woman Eroticism". Again, there is a typical postmodern joke here in the use of "domestic economy" (gay female eroticism being a long way from Mrs Beeton, to say the least), and "eat" refers to this in an arch way, with connotations which I will leave to your imagination.

09:05 Sep 21, 2011 

although 'reading' and 'interpretation' mean pretty much the same thing, I feel that 'reading' probably fits the register best in this case

08:06 Sep 21, 2011 

Ana's links certainly are interesting, and as she says, the concepts are quite complex. Paradoxically, however, I think the translation is straightforward: the literal version, "a historical reading of the domestic economy of women", is what an English-speaking cultural theorist would have written, in my opinion. "Reading" means "interpretation", of course, and that word would be fine, but "reading" is very often used, as "lectura" is here, for the interpretation of a phenomenon other than a written text. "Economy" is the right word; again, it is being used in a broader sense than conventional economics: that of "the disposition or regulation of the parts or functions of any organic whole; an organized system or method" (dictionary.reference.com). Its original etymological meaning of "household management" (οἰκονομία) is being invoked. "Domestic economy" alone could be misunderstood as either the national economy or home economics in the old-fashioned sense; but "domestic economy of women" will be understood perfectly, and the fact that "domestic economy" has those other meanings provides a kind of wordplay very much in the spirit of modern cultural theory.

03:00 Sep 21, 2011 

Very good links!

02:44 Sep 21, 2011 

This one as well:
http://equinoxio.org/especial-dia-de-la-mujer-2008/ecofemini...

02:37 Sep 21, 2011 

No, I don't think there is anything obvious here, it´s pretty deep stuff. Take a look at this link where 3 types of ecofeminism are described (clásico, constructivista y espiritual) Maybe this will help to clarify. Interesting stuff. I´ve learned something new today so I can go to bed happy ;)

http://www.alexanderbonilla.com/files/ecologia/archivo159.ht...