Avril Maddrell

Broschiertes Buch

Complex Locations

Women's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781405145558
• ISBN-10: 1405145552
• Artikelnr.: 23585310

Rezensionen

"With this book, the history and historiography of modern geography- always engaging and much revitalised of late - will beinvigorated yet further. At once a work of scholarly research,sensitive biography and theoretical enquiry, ComplexLocations places women where they have always been in Britishgeography - at its heart. It will interest many and deserves to bewidely read."
-Charles W J Withers , University ofEdinburgh

"This book is based on highly original and scholarly research andfills a notable absence in historiographies of Geography. It willbe a valuable addition to debates about gender and feminism withinthe discipline."
-Cheryl McEwan , Durham University

"As the first book length study of early women geographers inBritain, Complex Locations will be essential reading forfeminist geographers and historians of the discipline. Drawing onwonderfully rich and original archival research, the book exploresthe important but often forgotten work of women as academics,educationalists and travellers in shaping British geography sincethe nineteenth century. By studying their lives and work throughits engaging biographical and contextual analysis, the book isvitally important not only in illuminating the long history ofgeographical work by women, but also in understanding the historyof the discipline and the gendered production of knowledge morebroadly."
-Alison Blunt , Queen Mary, University ofLondon