Avril Maddrell

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Complex Locations (eBook, PDF)

Women's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970

Beschreibung

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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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: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444310696
• Artikelnr.: 38308563

Rezensionen

"Complex locations should be included on all undergraduate coursesabout the history of the discipline, and should be read widely byother researchers interested in women and the history of geography,science and education." (Area Book Reviews, 1 November 2010)

"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 of London