Putting Women in Place Feminist Geographers Make Sense of the World,9781572306684

Putting Women in Place Feminist Geographers Make Sense of the World

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ISBN13: 9781572306684
ISBN10: 1572306688
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-05-30
Publisher(s): The Guilford Press
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Summary

Why do women and men tend to work in different jobs, in different ways, and in different spaces? Which is more "masculine"--the city or the suburbs? Why is nature often represented in feminine form? This thought-provoking book uses the lens of gender to provide an illuminating new perspective on the geography of everyday life. Domosh and Seager show how notions of maleness and femaleness have influenced our built environment, the locations in which we invest meaning, and the ways we live, work, travel, and explore. From the arrangement of furniture in Victorian homes to the movements of refugees over contemporary borders, the book explores gender patterns and roles across cultures and historical periods. It is lavishly illustrated with line drawings, photographs, and maps.

Author Biography

Mona Domosh is Professor of Geography at Dartmouth College. She is the author of [ital]Invented Cities[/i], the coauthor of [i]The Human Mosaic[/i], and the former coeditor of the journal [i]Gender, Place, and Culture[/i].

Joni Seager is Professor of Geography at the University of Vermont. She is the author of [ital]The State of Women in the World Atlas[/ital], [ital]The New State of the Earth Atlas[/ital], and [ital]Earth Follies[/i]. Her articles and reviews have appeared in [ital]The New York Times[/ital], the [ital]Village Voice[/ital], and other publications.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables
ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Preface xix
Home
1(34)
The Separation of Spheres
2(4)
At Home with the Victorians
6(8)
Reading the Parlor
8(4)
Cleaning the Parlor
12(2)
Tastemakers and Home Engineering
14(6)
Social Engineering
20(4)
The Suburban Home
24(4)
The Postmodern Home
28(2)
Home-Work Relations
30(5)
Women at Work
35(32)
What Is Work?
38(3)
What Counts?
41(6)
Footloose Factories and Nimble Fingers: The New Industrial Order
47(6)
Homework
53(3)
The Return of the Sweatshop
56(1)
Between the Sticky Floor and the Glass Ceiling
57(1)
Gender in the Workplace
58(5)
Mapping the Terrian of Poverty
63(4)
The City
67(43)
Masculine City, Feminine Country?
69(3)
The Early Modern City
72(4)
The Industrial City
76(19)
Working Women
82(6)
Shopping Women
88(5)
Regulating Women
93(2)
The Modern City
95(4)
The Postmodern City
99(11)
Crime and Safety
99(1)
Homelessness
100(1)
Gentrification
101(3)
Diverse Suburbs
104(1)
The Culture of Shopping
105(2)
Downtown
107(3)
On the Move
110(30)
The Body in Space
110(3)
Getting Around: First Principles
113(2)
Keeping Women in Their Place
115(3)
Roaming and ``Homing''
118(4)
Breaking the Bonds of Space and Sex
122(1)
Auto-masculinity
123(6)
Global Migration
129(5)
Refugees
134(2)
The Sex Trade
136(4)
Nations and Empires
140(34)
Victorian Lady Travelers
143(3)
Women and Colonial Space
146(10)
Domestic Space on the Frontier
147(3)
Domestic Space in the Colonies
150(2)
Bringing the Imperial Home
152(4)
Feminism and Imperialism
156(4)
Gender and Nationalism
160(8)
Women in Nationalist Movements
168(2)
Nationalisms and Sexualities
170(4)
The Environment
174(21)
Mothers and Other Forces of Nature
174(5)
Control
179(5)
Encounters in the Environment
184(2)
Studying Nature
186(2)
Environmental Perception
188(1)
Environmental Activism and Ecofeminism
188(7)
References 195(14)
Index 209
About the Authors 216

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