Putting Women in Place: Feminist Geographers Make Sense of the World
"This book has two strengths.  First, it covers historical and contemporary viewpoints, enabling the reader to understand the role that women contributed to change over space through time.  Second, the work contains studies at various scales, ranging from the local to the global....the book is an excellent introduction to the geography of gender and is also recommended to nongeographers.  An excellent feature is the liberal number of maps, photographs, and drawings.  Lower-division undergraduates and above."--Choice"For too long, Anglophone geography has lacked a comprehensive introductory text on gender issues.Putting Women in Placeanswers this need. The text's strength lies in its attention to the central debates and concerns of the many subfields of human geography, and its balanced approach to both historical and contemporary examples. It will serve as an important anchoring text for introductory gender and geography courses, as well as a companion text for geographically oriented introductory courses in women's studies."--Sallie Marston, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona"Most geographical studies assign women an invisible place in space. It is man who explores, names, and dominates while woman remains invisible. This book offers a broad account of the variety and complexity of gendered roles in both time and space, whether in the domestic environment, the workplace, the city, the imperial colony, or the natural environment. From single women as homesteaders on the American frontier, to lady Victorian explorers finding freedom and release through travel, to super-moms in the suburbs carrying out their multiple roles, Domosh and Seager offer a compelling account of how definitions of femininity are forged in space."--M. Christine Boyer,  School of Architecture, Princeton University"Putting Women in Place: Feminist Geographers Make Sense of the Worldis a lively and well-illustrated overview of the geography of women. Treating both historical and contemporary issues, Domosh and Seager provide a feminist perspective on space and gender. For many years, I have wanted to be able to assign a book like this. I recommend it for graduate and undergraduate courses in geography, history, architecture, and urban studies. --Dolores Hayden, Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and American Studies, Yale University, author ofThe Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities