Queer Ecology: Investigating the Intersection of Queer Theory and Environmentalism

Item

Title

Queer Ecology: Investigating the Intersection of Queer Theory and Environmentalism

Description

This interdisciplinary paper focuses on how our heteronormative society has shaped our ideas of, and relationships with, nature. Queer people are often driven to nature as a way to escape homophobia, transphobia and heterosexism in modern culture. Their relationship with nature is complicated, however, because traditional gender roles in our society enforce a rigid gendered lens through which we are expected to view and interact with the natural world, and ideas about the supposed 'naturalness' of heterosexuality inform how we understand the environment. Despite this complication, queer communities often find links between their own political struggles and the environmental movement. Drawing from ecology and queer studies, I will address how and why these two seemingly disparate fields of study have come together, and what lessons can be learned to further both the queer and environmental movements.

Sara Hottinger

Contributor

Keene State College

Creator

Andy Marion

Date

2015-04-11

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12088/7552

Language

en_US

Subject

Environmental Sciences

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women's Studies

Type

Presentation

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets

AEC 2015 Humanities

Site pages

Humanities