Writing women and space : colonial and postcolonial geographies / edited by Alison Blunt, Gillian Rose.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Blunt, Alison, 1969-
• Rose, Gillian, 1962-

Series:

• Mappings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Feminism and literature.
• Space perception--Social aspects.
• Women and literature.
• Decolonization.
• Personal space.
• Space perception.

Physical Description:

ix, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [1994]

Summary:

Drawing lessons from the complex and often contradictory position of white women writing in the colonial period, This unique book explores how feminism and poststructuralism can bring new types of understanding to the production of geographical knowledge. Through a series of colonial and postcolonial case studies, essays address the ways in which white women have written and mapped different geographies, in both the late nineteenth century and today, illustrating the diverse objects (landscapes, spaces, views), the variety of media (letters, travel writing, paintings, sculpture, cartographic maps, political discourse), and the different understandings and representations of people and place.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 0898624975
• 0898624983

OCLC:

30110856