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Geraldine Pratt - Working Feminism - 9781592132645 - V9781592132645
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Working Feminism

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Description for Working Feminism Paperback. Discusses how feminist theory can be practically used in women's lives. This title draws to the fore the metaphorical and concrete geographies that lie implicit and underdeveloped within much feminist theory, and suggests that a geographical imagination offers a means of reframing debates beyond polarized theoretical and political positions. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; JFFK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 11. Weight in Grams: 404.
"Working Feminism" looks at key concepts and debates within feminist theory and puts them to work concretely in relation to the real problems faced by Filipina domestic workers and Asian youth in Canada. Geraldine Pratt draws to the fore the metaphorical and concrete geographies that lie implicit and underdeveloped within much feminist theory and suggests that a geographical imagination offers a means of reframing debates beyond polarized theoretical and political positions. Alternating between theoretical and empirical chapters, substantial and wide-ranging discussions of human rights, multiculturalism, and feminist politics are brought down to earth and by putting them into the context ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592132645
SKU
V9781592132645
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Geraldine Pratt
Geraldine Pratt is Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia. She is editor of Society and Space and co-editor of The Dictionary of Human Geography, 4th edition, and has published extensively in feminist and cultural geography and theory.

Reviews for Working Feminism
"Stylish and funny, Working Feminism is a wonderful, original and provocative book that splices theory, practice and empirical study in a way that few works do. The research provides important insights into many of the urgent issues in social and cultural theory of the past decade and demonstrates what a geographical imagination can do for/to social theory."-Cindi Katz, author of ... Read more

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