Complex Locations: Women's Geographical Work in the Uk 1850-1970: 27 - Rilegato

Maddrell, Avril

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ISBN 10: 1405145560 ISBN 13: 9781405145565

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2009

Riassunto

This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field.

• A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970
• Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II
• Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field
• Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography

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Informazioni sull'autore

Avril Maddrell is a social, cultural and historical geographer, specializing in gender and geographical thought. She has taught at Westminster College in Oxford, the Open University, Oxford Brookes University, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Dr Maddrell's research for this volume has been supported by the British Academy.

Dalla quarta di copertina

In this important volume, Avril Maddrell traces the often overlooked contributions of women to the study of geography, and illustrates how women played a significant role in the development of the field as an academic discipline. Exploring the careers of female geographers, including Mary Somerville, Gertrude Bell, Eva Taylor, Alice Garnett, Marjorie Sweeting and Anne Buttimer from 1850 to 1970, Maddrell delves into individual biographies that illuminate the evolving role of British women geographers with reference to women in European and American geography, other disciplines, and in the context of wider socioeconomic, political and educational developments.

Was geography ever an exclusively male domain? This research shows that it was not. However, by examining further the extent to which women were included or excluded both from the halls of academia, geographical societies and field research, we can consider the discipline's power relations and their implications for women in geography today.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1405145560
• ISBN 13: 9781405145565
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 411
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile