Feminist geography
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'''Feminist geography''' is an approach to study in [[human geography]] which applies the theories, methods and critiques of [[feminism]] to the study of the human environment, society and geographical space.<ref name=rose>Rose, Gillian (1993) ''Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge'' Univ. of Minnesota Press</ref>
==Areas of study==
Feminist geography is often considered part of a broader [[postmodern]] approach to the subject, often drawing from the theories of [[Michel Foucault]], [[Jacques Derrida]], [[Judith Butler]] and more recently integrating some of the criticisms of feminism from [[postcolonial]] theorists. The concern tends to be with the real experiences of individuals and groups in their own localities, upon the geographies that they live in within their own communities, rather than theoretical development without [[emprical]] work.<ref name=rose/>
Feminist geography can be considered as much an approach to the subject, than a specific sub-discipline. Many feminist geographers study the same subjects as other geographers, but often with a focus on [[gender]] divisions.<ref name=mcdowell>McDowell, Linda (1993) Space, place and gender relations in ''Progress in Human Geography'' 17(2)</ref> This concern has developed into a concern with wider issues of gender, family, sexuality etc. Examples of areas of focus which stem from this include:
* Geographic differences in [[gender]] relations and [[gender equality]]
* The geography of [[women]] - spatial constraints, welfare geography
* The construction of [[gender identity]] through the use and nature of [[spaces]] and [[places]]
* Geographies of [[Sexuality and space|sexuality]]. (See also: [[Queer theory]])
* [[Children's geographies]]
In addition to its analysis of the real world, it also critiques existing geographical and [[social studies]], arguing that academic traditions are delineated by [[patriarchy]], and that contemporary studies which do not confront the nature of previous work reinforce the [[masculine]] bias of academic study.<ref name=Moss>Moss, Pamela, 2007 ''Feminisms in Geography: Rethinking Space, Place, and Knowledges'' Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN 9780742538290</ref> The British Geographer [[Gillian Rose (geographer)|Gillian Rose's]] ''Feminism and Geography''<ref name=rose/> is one such sustained criticism, focused on Human Geography in Britain as being historically [[masculinist]] in it's approach. This includes the writing of landscape as feminine (and thus as subordinate to male geographers) and in limiting the areas of study by not considering the importance of gender.
==List of related geographers==
*[[Gillian Rose (geographer)|Gillian Rose]]
*[[Donna Haraway]]
*[[Gill Valentine]]
*[[Linda McDowell]]
*[[Sarah Holloway]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
*McDowell, Linda (1992) ''Doing gender: feminisms, feminists and research methods in human geography''. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 17, 399-416.
*McDowell, Linda; and Sharp, Joanne P. (eds). (1999). ''A Feminist Glossary of Human Geography.'' London: Arnold.
*McDowell, Linda. (1999) ''Gender, Identity and Place: understanding feminist geographies.'' Cambridge : Polity Press, 1999
*Pratt, Geraldine (2004) "Working Feminism." Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
*[[Gillian Rose (geographer)|Gillian Rose]] (1993) ''Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge'' Univ. of Minnesota Press
*Seager, Joni and Nelson, Lise. (eds) (2004) ''Companion to Feminist Geography (Blackwell Companions to Geography).'' Blackwell Publishers, ISBN 1-4051-0186-5
*Valentine, Gill. (2004) ''Public Space and the Culture of Childhood.'' London:Ashgate
===Scientific Journals===
*[http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0966369X.asp ''Gender, Place and Culture - A Journal of Feminist Geography''] Routledge ISSN 0966-369X Online ISSN 1360-0524
==See also==
* [[Geography]]
* [[History of geography]]
* [[Critical geography]]
* [[Cultural geography]]
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