Life spaces : gender, household, employment

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Life spaces : gender, household, employment

edited by Caroline Andrew and Beth Moore Milroy

University of British Columbia Press, 1988

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [187]-214

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内容説明

Written by some of Canada's top researchers in the field, the articles in this collection introduce a new chapter in feminist literature, focusing on women and their experiences in Canadian urban settings and illustrating the importance of gender in the development of urban areas. While the articles represent diverse approaches and methodologies, they all point out that the specific needs of women are not being met and that women must create opportunities for democratic participation in the institutions that affect their lives. In the introduction, the editors develop the broad area of gender relations in urban society and describe how this field of study has evolved in Canada. The following seven chapters deal with women's experiences in the city, emphasizing the complex interrelations between individuals and their environments. Three main themes stand out in the book - the changing relationships between public and private activities; and the way our understanding of these is linked to changing urban milieux. Specific policy areas, particularly housing but also leisure, recreation and transportation, are examined by some of the contributors and in the concluding chapter the editors discuss directions for further study and suggest appropriate research methods.

目次

  • Introduction, Caroline Andrew and Beth Moore Milroy
  • building women, building cities - toward gender sensitive theory in the environmental disciplines, Suzanne Mackenzie
  • women workers and the inner city - some implications of labour force restructuring in Montreal 1971-81, Damaris Rose and Paul Villeneuve, with Fiona Colgan
  • practical idealism - women in urban reform, Julia Drummond and the Montreal Parks and Playgrounds Association, Jeanne M. Wolfe and Grace Strachan
  • divergent convergence - the daily routines of employed spouses as a public affairs agenda, William Michelson
  • Canadian women's housing co-operatives - case studies in physical and social innovation, Gerda R. Wekerle
  • new families, new housing needs, new urban environments - the case of single-parent families, Fran Klodawsky and Aron Spector
  • interacting with the urban environment - two case studies of women's and female adolescents' leisure activities, Denise Pich
  • gender-specific approaches to theory and method, Beth Moore Milroy and Caroline Andrew.

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