Putting women in place : feminist geographers make sense of the world

Häftad bok. New York : Guilford. 2001.

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"From single women as homesteaders on the American frontier, to lady Victorian explorers finding freedom and release through travel, to supermoms in the suburbs. carrying out their multiple roles, Domosh and Seager offer a compelling account of how definitions of femininity are forged in space.

-M. Christine Boyer, School of Architecture, Princeton University

"A lively and well-illustrated overview of the geography of women. Treating both his- torical and contemporary issues, Domosh and Seager provide a feminist perspective on space and gender. For many years, I have wanted to be able to assign a book like this. Dolores Hayden. Yale University; author of The Grand Domestic Revolution

"For too long, Anglophone geography has lacked a comprehensive introductory text on gender issues. Putting Women in Place answers this need."

-Sallie Marston, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona

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 inftu enced 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 illustrat- ed with line drawings, photographs, and maps.