Putting Women in Place Feminist Geographers Make Sense of the World

by Domosh, Mona; Seager, Joni

• ISBN13: 9781572306684
• ISBN10: 1572306688
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-30
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

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