Feminist Geography in Practice: Research and Methods - Hardcover

9780631220190: Feminist Geography in Practice: Research and Methods

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631220194 ISBN 13: 9780631220190

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

This is the first feminist geography text devoted to methodology and provides a basic framework for students wishing to undertake gendered work in the discipline

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About the Author

Pamela Moss is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria, British Columbia where she teaches in Studies in Policy and Practice, a critical, interdisciplinary graduate program for community workers interested in social and political change. Her previous publications include Placing Autobiography in Geography (2001).

From the Back Cover

This is the first feminist geography text devoted to methodologyand provides a basic framework for students wishing to undertakegendered work in the discipline. Accessible yet intellectuallychallenging, it encourages readers to take on, think about, and dofeminist research in geography and offers practical suggestions forgoing about it.

The text comprises original contributions from feministgeographers around the world who address all aspects of theresearch process from choosing a topic and designing a project,through to conducting interviews, doing cross-cultural ethnographicresearch and analysing data. The varied backgrounds of thecontributors illustrate the powerful impact feminist geographersare having on research, both in geography and in feminism. The bookalso features substantial pedagogical material, developed withstudents in the classroom, and including discussion questions,group project initiatives, research project topics, and suggestionsfor practical research activities.

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