A Companion to Feminist Geography (Blackwell Companions to Geography)

A Companion to Feminist Geography captures the breadth and diversity of this vibrant and substantive field. Shows how feminist geography has changed the landscape of geographical inquiry and knowledge since the 1970s. Explores the diverse literatures that comprise feminist geography today. Showcases cutting-edge research by feminist geographers. Charts emerging areas of scholarship, such as the body and the nation. Contributions from 50 leading international scholars in the field. Each chapter can be read for its own distinctive contribution. Introduction / -- Lise Nelson, -- Joni Seager -- Part I. contents Situating gender -- Liz Bondi, -- Joyce Davidson Anti-racist feminism in geogrpahy: an agenda for social action -- Audrey Kobayashi A bodily notion of research: power, difference, and specificity in feminist methodology -- Pamela Moss Transnational mobilities and challenges -- Brenda S.A. Yeoh -- Part II. Work Feminist analyses of work: rethinking the boundaries, gendering, and spatiality of work -- Kim England, -- Victoria Lawson Shea Butter, globalization, and women of Burkina Faso -- Marlène Elias, -- Judith Carney Working on the global assembly line -- Altha J. Cravey From migrant to immigrant: domestic workers settle in Vancouver, Canada -- Geraldine Pratt in collaboration with the Philippine Women Centre Borders, embodiment, and mobility: feminist migration studies in geography -- Rachel Silvey The changing roles of female labor in economic expansion and decline: the case of the Istanbul clothing industry -- Ayda Eraydin, -- Asuman Turkun-Erendil Female labor in sex trafficking: a darker side of globalization -- Vidyamali Samarasinghe Changing the gender of entrepreneurship -- Susan Hanson, -- Megan Blake Gender and empowerment: creating "Thus far and no further" supportive structures. A case from India -- Saraswati Raju -- Part III. City Feminist geographies of the "city": multiple voices, multiple meanings -- Valerie Preston, -- Ebru Ustundag Spaces of change: gender, information technology, and new geographies of mobility and fixity in the early twentieth-century information economy -- Kate Boyer Gender and the city: the different formations of belonging -- Tovi Fenster Urban space in plural: elastic, tamed, suppressed -- Hille Koskela Daycare services provision for working women in Japan -- Kamiya Hiroo Organizing from the margins: grappling with "empowerment" in India and South Africa -- Richa Nagar, -- Amanda Lock Swarr Moving beyond "gender and GIS" to a feminist perspective on information technologies: the impact of welfare reform on women's IT needs -- Melissa R. Gilbert, -- Michele Masucci Women outdoors: destabilizing the public/private dichotomy -- Phil Hubbard -- Part IV. Body Situating bodies -- Robyn Longhurst Bodies, state discipline, and the performance of gender in a South African women's prison -- Teresa Dirsuweit HIV/AIDS interventions and the politics of the African woman's body -- Kawango Agot British Pakistani Muslim women: marking the body, marking the nation -- Robina Mohammad Transversal circuits: transnational sexualities and Trinidad -- Jasbir Kaur Puar -- Part V. Environment Listening to the landscapes of Mama Tingo: from the "Woman question" in sustainable development to feminist political ecology in Zambrana-Chacuey, Dominican Republic -- Dianne Rocheleu Gender relations beyond farm fences: reframing the spatial context of local forest livelihoods -- Anoja Wickramasinghe The new species of capitalism: an ecofeminist comment on animal biotechnology -- Jody Emel, -- Julie Urbanik Siren songs: gendered discourses of concern for sea creatures -- Jennifer Wolch, -- Jin Zhang Geographic information and women's empowerment: a breast cancer example -- Sara McLafferty Performing a "global sense of place": women's actions for environmental justice -- Giovanna Di Chiro -- Part IV. Station/Nation Feminist political geographies -- Eleonore Kofman Gender, race, and nationalism: American identity and economic imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century -- Mona Domosh Virility and violation in the US "War on Terrorism" -- Matthew G. Hannah Feminist geopolitics and September 11 -- Jennifer Hyndman Love for sale: marketing gay male p/leisure space in contemporary Cape Town, South Africa -- Glen S. Elder Women's struggles for sustainable peace in post-conflict Peru: a feminist analysis of violence and change-- Maureen Hays-Mitchell A Companion to Feminist Geography......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 List of Contributors......Page 11 Acknowledgments......Page 20 1 Introduction......Page 21 Part I Contexts......Page 33 2 Situating Gender......Page 35 3 Anti-racist Feminism in Geography: An Agenda for Social Action......Page 52 4 A Bodily Notion of Research: Power, Difference, and Specificity in Feminist Methodology......Page 61 5 Transnational Mobilities and Challenges......Page 80 Part II Work......Page 95 6 Feminist Analyses of Work: Rethinking the Boundaries, Gendering, and Spatiality of Work......Page 97 7 Shea Butter, Globalization, and Women of Burkina Faso......Page 113 8 Working on the Global Assembly Line......Page 129 9 From Migrant to Immigrant: Domestic Workers Settle in Vancouver, Canada......Page 143 10 Borders, Embodiment, and Mobility: Feminist Migration Studies in Geography......Page 158 11 The Changing Roles of Female Labor in Economic Expansion and Decline: The Case of the Istanbul Clothing Industry......Page 170 12 Female Labor in Sex Trafficking: A Darker Side of Globalization......Page 186 13 Changing the Gender of Entrepreneurship......Page 199 14 Gender and Empowerment: Creating “Thus Far and No Further” Supportive Structures. A Case from India......Page 214 Part III City......Page 229 15 Feminist Geographies of the “City”: Multiple Voices, Multiple Meanings......Page 231 16 Spaces of Change: Gender, Information Technology, and New Geographies of Mobility and Fixity in the Early Twentieth-century Information Economy......Page 248 17 Gender and the City: The Different Formations of Belonging......Page 262 18 Urban Space in Plural: Elastic, Tamed, Suppressed......Page 277 19 Daycare Services Provision for Working Women in Japan......Page 291 20 Organizing from the Margins: Grappling with “Empowerment” in India and South Africa......Page 311 21 Moving beyond “Gender and GIS” to a Feminist Perspective on Information Technologies: The Impact of Welfare Reform on Women’s IT Needs......Page 325 22 Women Outdoors: Destabilizing the Public/Private Dichotomy......Page 342 Part IV Body......Page 355 23 Situating Bodies......Page 357 24 Bodies, State Discipline, and the Performance of Gender in a South African Women’s Prison......Page 370 25 HIV/AIDS Interventions and the Politics of the African Woman’s Body......Page 383 26 British Pakistani Muslim Women: Marking the Body, Marking the Nation......Page 399 27 Transversal Circuits: Transnational Sexualities and Trinidad......Page 418 Part V Environment......Page 437 28 Listening to the Landscapes of Mama Tingo: From the “Woman Question” in Sustainable Development to Feminist Political Ecology in Zambrana–Chacuey, Dominican Republic......Page 439 29 Gender Relations beyond Farm Fences: Reframing the Spatial Context of Local Forest Livelihoods......Page 454 30 The New Species of Capitalism: An Ecofeminist Comment on Animal Biotechnology......Page 465 31 Siren Songs: Gendered Discourses of Concern for Sea Creatures......Page 478 32 Geographic Information and Women’s Empowerment: A Breast Cancer Example......Page 506 33 Performing a “Global Sense of Place”: Women’s Actions for Environmental Justice......Page 516 Part VI State/Nation......Page 537 34 Feminist Political Geographies......Page 539 35 Gender, Race, and Nationalism: American Identity and Economic Imperialism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century......Page 554 36 Virility and Violation in the US “War on Terrorism”......Page 570 37 Feminist Geopolitics and September 11......Page 585 38 Love for Sale: Marketing Gay Male P/Leisure Space in Contemporary Cape Town, South Africa......Page 598 39 Women’s Struggles for Sustainable Peace in Post-conflict Peru: A Feminist Analysis of Violence and Change......Page 610 Index......Page 627 "A kaleidoscopic presentation of the riches of feminist geography, revealing at every turn the breadth of its theoretical perspectives, the variety of its objects of inquiry, and the reach of its methodologies. At once poetic, polemical and rigorous, the Companion to Feminist Geography cross-cuts contemporary feminist research at all scales with historiographies of feminist thought in the field. With chapters by a truly international group of authors, this anthology inscribes feminist geography at the heart of the discipline as it makes the vitality of geographic thought vivid not only for other fields but for a range of political movements as well." Cindi Katz, Graduate Centre, City University of New York "Though each of the essays can be read for its own distinctive contribution, the anthology as a whole is designed to provide a mosaic of feminist geography for both scholars and students." Reference and Research Book News, Vol 20/1, Feb 2005 "An extensive resource written by influential feminist thinkers and practitioners...All Blackwell Companions are relevant to academics, researchers and students in their disciplines and beyond, but this volume on feminist geography will have more general appeal" Reference Reviews "A Companion to Feminist Geography shows how feminist geography has altered the landscape of geographical inquiry and knowledge since the 1970s, reframing fundamental approaches across a range of disciplines, including architecture, environmental studies, and geography. Further, it situates feminist geography within the context of geographical thought and within interdisciplinary feminist debates." "The volume reflects the various sites and locations from which feminist geographical analysis is being produced and it includes a systematic assessment of feminist contributions to major sub-fields in geography, covering both established subjects, such as labor, urban, and environmental geography, and emerging areas of scholarship, such as the body and the nation."--BOOK JACKET

A Companion to Feminist Geography captures the breadth and diversity of this vibrant and substantive field.

• Shows how feminist geography has changed the landscape of geographical inquiry and knowledge since the 1970s.
• Explores the diverse literatures that comprise feminist geography today.
• Showcases cutting-edge research by feminist geographers.
• Charts emerging areas of scholarship, such as the body and the nation.
• Contributions from 50 leading international scholars in the field.
• Each chapter can be read for its own distinctive contribution.