ENVST-255 Gender and Environment
The theoretical, historical and material links between gender and the natural world. Through a study of contemporary and historical social movements, this course explores the intersections of labor, gender, and environment in contemporary and historical social movements. An examination of women’s activism around paid and unpaid labor; the gendered work of organizing; the caretaking and emotional work of women, queer and gender-nonconforming people in environmental movements; and ideas and realities of mothering. The course will include an engagement with art, through the exhibit at the Wellin Museum.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Cross Listed Courses
WMGST-255