HHIS-426A: Ecofeminism

Ecofeminism is a theoretical, academic, and activist movement that locates critical connections between gender oppression and the exploitation of natural resources. It developed throughout the early 1980s from the environmental, anti-nuclear, and feminist movements; in addition to its primary concerns around the subordination of nature and women, ecofeminism sought to resist racism, homophobia, and the capitalist patriarchy. Through key texts and art works, this course examines the development of ecofeminism as an artistic position from the late 1970s to today. Topic include intersectional environmentalism, frontier masculinity, witchcraft, Land Art, site-specificity, the Anthropocene, and science fiction, among others.