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| Titel: |
Geography and the construction of difference |
| Auteur: |
Pratt, Geraldine Hanson, Susan |
| Verschenen in: |
Gender, place and culture |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 1 (1994) nr. 1 pagina's 5-29 |
| Jaar: |
1994-03 |
| Inhoud: |
There is growing evidence of 'horizontal hostilities' among women: many women are affirming their identities along axes of class, race, sexuality, age and/or relationship to colonialism. Within recent feminist writing, geography—space, place and location—has been used as a vehicle for rethinking a feminist affinity that does not erase or undermine 'difference'. We review contemporary uses of geographical metaphors and caution against an excessive emphasis on displacement as a metaphor for a critical feminist stance. We argue that geographies of placement must be held in tension with an ideal of displacement. We develop this point through a case study of women and work in contemporary Worcester, Massachusetts. Women in Worcester are very much rooted in place and this is a vehicle for the construction of differences across women. We argue that studies of the construction of feminine identities in particular places counteract the current tendency within feminism to rigidify differences among women and are an important means of rebuilding affinities among women. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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