Women,Gender,Sexuality Studies 393V - S- Rewilding Feminisms

2020 was unprecedented for four simultaneous "super-disruptors" - economic recession, mass protests, election instability, and a pandemic. In other words, "civilization" isn't all it's cracked up to be. This course will examine the rising discourse of "rewilding" in ecological, social and feminist contexts, exploring attempts to reduce the damaging effects of global capitalism as we strive for environmental justice in a more sustainable world. Through an intersectional and interdisciplinary lens, we will explore how concepts of gender, genre and genera shape the naturecultural configuration of our lives and habitats and explore alternate ways of knowing and living. How might we reclaim our inherent author-ity to write more "untamed" stories, imagining freer, wilder lives in a more humane and thriving ecosystem?