Feminism and Social Theory in Geography: An Introduction* |
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| Authors: | Karen Dias Jennifer Blecha |
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| Abstract: | This essay introduces a collection of articles based on papers developed for a Fall 2004 speaker series at the University of Minnesota. The articles address the continued relevance of feminist geography and the unique contributions of feminist perspectives in various areas of geographic research. They also point out directions for needed future research. This introduction briefly reviews the successes of and remaining challenges to feminist geography, including material inequities yet unresolved in two other (nonresearch) “places” of academic life: teaching and the workplace. We discuss the ongoing underrepresentation of women and people of color on our faculties and in the front of classrooms. |
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| Keywords: | antiracist geography critical theory feminist geography marginalization social theory |
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