Abstract
This paper outlines the progress of feminist geography in the UK over the past 25 years, drawing on just some of the rich texts that have been produced. It charts the development of the sub-discipline through the key theoretical shifts. Within this discussion it pays particular attention to recent developments in feminist geography in the UK. It examines the ways in which geographers have adopted the concept of gender identity enabling them to explore more effectively the differing experiences between and within genders. The paper also shows how work on sexuality and the body has had a growing influence on the study of gender and on the construction and experience of identity. Using the example of rural geography, the paper goes on to explore how feminist approaches have influenced a particular sub-area of geography over the past 30 years. The paper ends by asserting that while there is much to celebrate in the development of feminist geography in the UK, there is still a need for a continued emphasis on gender equality.
Highlights
The paper shows how work on sexuality and the body has had a growing influence on the examination of gender and on the construction and experience of identity. This part of the paper highlights a key shift in the study of feminist geography from examining the constraints operating on particular groups and individuals in particular places, to exploring the co-construction of places and identity in an acknowledgment of the performative nature of gender identity
22 These theoretical discussions within feminist geography have encouraged a host of studies on the embodied experience of gender identity
Study of emotional geographies is part of a movement to show how the co-construction of place and identity incorporates a range of different influences not previously given much attention by geographers
Summary
ISSN: 2294-9135 Publisher: National Committee of Geography of Belgium, Société Royale Belge de Géographie Printed version Date of publication: 30 September 2007 Number of pages: 335-348 ISSN: 1377-2368. Electronic reference Jo Little, « Gender and geography : developments in the United Kingdom 1980-2006 », Belgeo [Online], 3 | 2007, Online since 11 December 2013, connection on 22 May 2020. This text was automatically generated on 22 May 2020. Belgeo est mis à disposition selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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