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Linda McDowell - Gender, Identity and Place: Understanding Feminist Geographies - 9780745615066 - V9780745615066
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Gender, Identity and Place: Understanding Feminist Geographies

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Description for Gender, Identity and Place: Understanding Feminist Geographies Hardback. aeo Very accessible and wide--ranging introduction to feminist perspectives on geography. aeo Clearly written with careful attention paid to defining key concepts and theories in the field. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFK; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Feminist approaches within the social sciences have expanded enormously since the 1960s. In addition, in recent years, geographic perspectives have become increasingly significant as feminist recognition of the differences between women, their diverse experiences in different parts of the world and the importance of location in the social construction of knowledge has placed varied geographies at the centre of contemporary feminist and postmodern debates.

Gender, Identity and Place is an accessible and clearly written introduction to the wide field of issues that have been addressed by geographers and feminist scholars. It combines the careful definition and discussion of key ... Read more

It will be essential reading for students in geography, feminist theory, women's studies, anthropology and sociology.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745615066
SKU
V9780745615066
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

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

Reviews for Gender, Identity and Place: Understanding Feminist Geographies
"McDowell provides a sensitive and sophisticated reading of the feminist literature through a geographer's lens. Accessible, comprehensive, and contemporary, Gender, Identity and Place never loses sight of the feminist political project. A landmark book in feminist geography!" Susan Hanson, Head of Graduate School of Geography, Clark University "a text that usefully and thematically summarises an extant body of ... Read more

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