Feminism and Geography by Gillian Rose

Feminism and Geography by Gillian Rose

Geography is a subject which throughout its history has been dominated by men; men have undertaken the heroic explorations which form the mythology of its foundation, men have written most of its texts and, as many feminist geographers have remarked, men's interests have structured what counts as legitimate geographical knowledge. This book offers a sustained examination of the masculinism of contemporary geographical discourses. Drawing on the work of feminist theories about the intersection of power, knowledge and subjectivity, different aspects of the discipline's masculinism are discussed in a series of essays which bring influential approaches in recent geography together with feminist accounts of the space of the everyday, the notion of a sense of place and views of landscape. In the final chapter, the spatial imagery of a variety of feminists is examined in order to argue that the geographical imagination implicit in feminist discussions of the politics of location is one example of a geography which does not deny difference in the name of a universal masculinity.

'It's very personal, very courageous, and very challenging' Derek Gregory, Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia

'.subtle and sophisticated.this is an important book.' The Geographical Journal

'This is an important book in the development of feminist geography.' Geography

'... A greatly needed assessment of recent work influenced by the fertile connections between feminism and geography.' Progress in Human Geography

Gillian Rose is Professor of Cultural Geography at the Open University

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ISBN 13	9780745611563
ISBN 10	0745611567
Title	Feminism and Geography
Author	Gillian Rose
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	1993-06-17
Number of pages	216
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