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On Tue, 23 Nov 1993, David Reed wrote:

> In article <1993Nov21.225204.12809@gw.wmich.edu>, cooneys@gw.wmich.edu writes:
> |>     I have come across the notion of "feminist geography". My
> |>     first reaction, politically incorrect as I am, was to laugh.
> |>     But I'm sure that's at least in part the result of sheer
> |>     ignorance on my part. Would anyone care to enlighten me? What
> |>     is feminist geography?
> |>
> |>
>
> It's a load of BULLSHIT!!!
>
> Like "Marxist Geography" it's a pseudoscientific attempt to "interpret"
> phenomena
> from a particular ideological perspective.  Since Geography is an Empirical
> Science,
> "Feminist Geography" isn't Geography at all! Just another outlet for people
> with a
> political axe to grind.
>
> Glad I could be of assistance.
>
You have not been an assistance, because you dismiss two large bodies of
work without engaging them as modes of thought.  It's o.k. to disagree
with these approaches, but only after some extensive reading and
critique.  David, not only did your answer lack evidence of knowledge of
feminism and marxism, but is also sounded as if your reading in the
philosphy of science was a little weak also.

The original author asked a serious question.  A proper response might
have been to provide a short "thoughtful" critique of feminist geography
or references.  Since I am not a feminist geographer, I don't have a good
critique to provide, I have a few references:

McDowell, L.  1989.  "Women, Gender and the Organization of Space.  In
Gregory and Walford (eds.)  Horizons in Geography.  Totowa:  Barnes and
Nobel, pp136-152.

Kay, J.  1991.  Lanscapes of Women and Men:  Re-thinking the Regional
Historical Geography of the United States and Canada.  Journal of
Historical Geography.  17, no 4. pp.435-452.

From the Recent AAG meetings there are several papers given.  You may
want to contact these authors for copies of their papers:
Cynthia Miller:  Mankato State University
Catherine Doenges, Syracuse University
Cathy Clindquist, University of British Colombia
Deborah Carter Park, York University
Jeanne Kay, University of Waterloo


Julio Rivera
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Department of Geography
P. O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI  53201
414-229-5818

julio@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
julio@convex.csd.uwm.edu