Gender, Identity and Place: Understanding Feminist Geographies - Couverture rigide

McDowell, Linda

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745615066 ISBN 13 : 9780745615066

Editeur : Polity Press, 1998

Synopsis

Feminist approaches within the social sciences have expandedenormously since the 1960s. In addition, in recent years,geographic perspectives have become increasingly significant asfeminist recognition of the differences between women, theirdiverse experiences in different parts of the world and theimportance of location in the social construction of knowledge hasplaced varied geographies at the centre of contemporary feministand postmodern debates.

Gender, Identity and Place is an accessible and clearly writtenintroduction to the wide field of issues that have been addressedby geographers and feminist scholars. It combines the carefuldefinition and discussion of key concepts and theoreticalapproaches with a wealth of empirical detail from a wide–rangingselection of case studies and other empirical research. It isorganized on the basis of spatial scale, examining therelationships between gender and place from the body to the nation,although the links between different spatial scales are alsoemphasized. The conceptual division and spatial separation betweenthe public and private spheres and their association with men andwomen respectively has been a crucial part of the socialconstruction of gendered differences and its establishment,maintenance and reshaping from industrial urbanization to the endof the millennium is a central linking theme in the eightsubstantive chapters. The book concludes with an assessment of thepossibilities of doing feminist research.

It will be essential reading for students in geography, feministtheory, women′s studies, anthropology and sociology.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Linda McDowell is a Fellow of Newnham College and Lecturer in the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Feminist approaches within the social sciences have expandedenormously since the 1960s. In addition, in recent years,geographic perspectives have become increasingly significant asfeminist recognition of the differences between women, theirdiverse experiences in different parts of the world and theimportance of location in the social construction of knowledge hasplaced varied geographies at the centre of contemporary feministand postmodern debates.

Gender, Identity and Place is an accessible and clearlywritten introduction to the wide field of issues that have beenaddressed by geographers and feminist scholars. It combines thecareful definition and discussion of key concepts and theoreticalapproaches with a wealth of empirical detail from a wide–rangingselection of case studies and other empirical research. It isorganized on the basis of spatial scale, examining therelationships between gender and place from the body to the nation,although the links between different spatial scales are alsoemphasized. The conceptual division and spatial separation betweenthe public and private spheres and their association with men andwomen respectively has been a crucial part of the socialconstruction of gendered differences and its establishment,maintenance and reshaping from industrial urbanization to the endof the millennium is a central linking theme in the eightsubstantive chapters. The book concludes with an assessment of thepossibilities of doing feminist research.

It will be essential reading for students in geography, feministtheory, women′s studies, anthropology and sociology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745615066
• ISBN 13: 9780745615066
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
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