New Frontiers of Space, Bodies and Gender [Paperback]

This collection unravels the stereotypical images of gender and space and presents a series of new explorations into both 'lived' and 'imagined' spaces.
In New Frontiers of Space, Bodies and Gender leading contemporary writers from across an eclectic mix of disciplines, examine an exciting array of issues such as:
* Jamaican Ragga music and female performance
* Feminist anti-violence work
* Pregnant women's experience of shopping centres
* The fear of crime felt by women using urban greenspace
* Implications of technology in gendering identities
This book forges new parameters for debates of gender and space, leaving behind the simple focus on women-as-victim in the public arena and remapping considerations of space which look beyond bricks and mortar. Contributors: Aylish Wood, Robyn Longhurst, Ali Grant, Lesley Klein, Affrica Taylor, Inga-Lisa Sangregorio, Jacqueline Leavitt, Tracey Skelton, Nina Wakeford, Jos Boys, Sally R. Munt, Doreen Massey, Jacquie Burgess, Maher Anjum, Lynne Walker.Unravels the stereotypical images of gender and space, presenting a series of new explorations into both 'lived' and 'imagined' spaces and experiences.Introduction I COMING FROM THE SAME PLACE? BODIES 1 Sisters in exile: the Lesbian Nation 2 (Re)presenting shopping centres and bodies: questions of pregnancy 3 Involving black and minority women in regeneration initiatives: a case study of Bethnal Green City Challenge 4 UnWomanly acts: struggling over sites of resistance II TAKING ANOTHER LOOK: SPACES 5 Home and away: the feminist remapping of public and private space in Victorian London 6 Through their eyes: young girls look at their Los Angeles neighbourhood 7 Watching the detectors: control and the panopticon 8 Having it all? A question of collaborative housing III OUTSIDE POSSIBILITIES: CULTURAL PLANNING 9 But is it worth taking the risk? How women negotiate accessl£p