Gender Geographien: Geschlecht und Raum als soziale Konstruktionen (Sozialgeographie Kompakt) (German Edition)

Gender is now established as an analytical category in geography. This introductory volume in the series Sozialgeographie kompakt ( Compact Social Geography ) presents essential theoretical foundations, relevant methods, and the most important research fields and results. Biological gender (sex) does not stand at the center of considerations, but rather social gender, which is presented as a category of discourse and produced in everyday practice. A gender geography focuses on the spatially relevant aspects of gender roles and gender relations, describes and analyzes the scope of operation and restrictions using the constructs of femininity and masculinity, and discusses ways to change these often restrictive concepts. Many empirical examples provide an insight into German and international gender studies in geography. German text. Read more