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The article proposes \u201cecofeminist heterotopias\u201d as an analytical framework combining ecofeminism, Astrida Neimanis\u2019 Hydrofeminism, and Michel Foucault\u2019s concept of heterotopia to study how rivers function as gendered counter-spaces in the novel\n                    <jats:italic>There Are Rivers in the Sky<\/jats:italic>\n                    (2024). The research emphasizes that rivers in the novel do not simply function as ecological elements but are material, spatial, and relational sites where gendered violence, ecological precarity, displacement, and memory converge. Through a close analysis of the select text, the study examines the interconnected narratives of Arthur, Narin, and Zaleekhah traversing different ecofeminist heterotopias like the Thames, the Tigris, and hidden \u2018ghost rivers\u2019 across Victorian London, ancient Mesopotamia, contemporary Iraq and London. The rivers function simultaneously as archives of trauma, resistance, and cultural memory, illustrating the ways in which women and marginalized communities like the Yazidis, face the consequences of ecological destruction and forced displacement. By employing Astrida Neimanis\u2019 Hydrofeminism and Foucault\u2019s concept of heterotopia, the paper analyses how rivers as spaces that juxtapose incompatible temporalities and geographies material and spatial mediums while revealing the gendered facets of water crisis. This article posits that \u201cecofeminist heterotopias\u201d provides a distinct analytical contribution to ecofeminist studies by depicting water not only as an ecological body but as an archive of feminist memory and a site of resistance against ecological and gendered violence.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fsoc.2026.1915021","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]],"date-time":"2026-09-17T04:49:21Z","timestamp":1789620561000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Ecofeminist heterotopias: gendered ecologies, memory, and ecological displacement in Elif Shafak\u2019s There Are Rivers in the Sky"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Harini","family":"S","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology","place":["Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patchainayagi","family":"S","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology","place":["Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","year":""},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.4324\/9781003100379","volume-title":"Routledge Handbook of Gender and Water Governance","author":"Acevedo-Guerrero","year":"2024"},{"key":"ref4","first-page":"97","article-title":"The ever-surprising Elif Shafak: \u201cthere are rivers in the sky\u201d","volume":"39","author":"B\u0103dulescu","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. 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