Feral Intimacy: Feminist Transformations Through Solitary Forest Walks

2025/06/09 by Jana Kukaine, Zita Kārkla · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Geographies of human-animal interactions #Posthumanist Ethics and Activism #Historical Gender and Feminism Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/00497878.2025.2488795

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Abstract

In this article, we explore the feminist significance of solitary forest walks through the concept of feral intimacy, which we unpack by drawing on insights from Latvian contemporary culture, speci...

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