| New Frontiers of Space, Bodies and Gender Contributor(s): *Nfa*, Rosa Ainley (Editor), Ainley, Rosa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415154901 ISBN-13: 9780415154901 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: This collection unravels the stereotypical images of gender and space and presents a series of new explorations into both lived and imagined spaces. Through a range of international examples, including discussions of Jamaican Ragga music and female performance, lesbian identity and community in San Francisco, and portraits of a Los Angeles neighborhood seen through the eyes of young girls, this book forges new parameters for debates of gender and space, leaving behind the simple focus on women-as-victim in the public arena. Taking gender to be something that we "do" rather than merely something that we "are," the contributors to this book brilliantly consider the interrelation between birth and reassigned genders and sexuality; cultural space; and spaces created by specific communities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.4 |
| LCCN: 97033186 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.98" W x 9.05" (0.85 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection unravels the stereotypical images of gender and space and presents a series of new explorations into both 'lived' and 'imagined' spaces. In New Frontiers of Space, Bodies and Gender leading contemporary writers from across an eclectic mix of disciplines, examine an exciting array of issues such as: * Jamaican Ragga music and female performance * Feminist anti-violence work * Pregnant women's experience of shopping centres * The fear of crime felt by women using urban greenspace * Implications of technology in gendering identities This book forges new parameters for debates of gender and space, leaving behind the simple focus on women-as-victim in the public arena and remapping considerations of space which look beyond bricks and mortar. Contributors: Aylish Wood, Robyn Longhurst, Ali Grant, Lesley Klein, Affrica Taylor, Inga-Lisa Sangregorio, Jacqueline Leavitt, Tracey Skelton, Nina Wakeford, Jos Boys, Sally R. Munt, Doreen Massey, Jacquie Burgess, Maher Anjum, Lynne Walker. |