Abstract
During the last two decades gender studies have advanced in Spanish geography, constituting a subfield of social and cultural geography. They have incorporated the international perspectives that understand gender as a construction which challenges the artificial boundaries between the social, the cultural and the economic. On the one hand, Spanish gender geography drew early inspiration from the British and American work but, on the other, it has sustained the Spanish tradition of being more applied than theoretical. In this article, we will deal first with the institutional aspects linked to gender and power within the discipline in Spain ; then we will deal with three topics that have been relevant in Spanish gender geography : the study of rural spaces, research on urban spaces and studies in postcolonial geography.
Highlights
3 Qualitative methods have their origins in phenomenological theory which concerns itself with subjective experiences and the intent of defining and interpreting everyday lives
Many of the PhD theses that have dealt with gender have used these methodologies, some of them quite early in time (Baylina, 1997, 2004a ; Blanco, 2005 ; Caballé, 1997, 1998 ; Cánoves, 1990 ; Morales, 2002 ; Ortiz, 2004 ; Prats, 1997, 1998). All these works and the following publications that we will cite have contributed to the growing recognition of qualitative methods as legitimate by Spanish geographers, a recognition that is becoming acknowledged as orthodox in Anglophone geography, not constantly in need of justification (Crang, 2002)
Informal industrial at-home work has been studied in various autonomous communities (Baylina et al, 1998, 2004b)
Summary
Many of the PhD theses that have dealt with gender have used these methodologies, some of them quite early in time (Baylina, 1997, 2004a ; Blanco, 2005 ; Caballé, 1997, 1998 ; Cánoves, 1990 ; Morales, 2002 ; Ortiz, 2004 ; Prats, 1997, 1998) All these works and the following publications that we will cite have contributed to the growing recognition of qualitative methods as legitimate by Spanish geographers, a recognition that is becoming acknowledged as orthodox in Anglophone geography, not constantly in need of justification (Crang, 2002)
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