Quotidian geographies: placing feminism |
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Authors: | Sara McLafferty Valerie Preston |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Geography , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , IL , 61801 , USA;2. Department of Geography , York University , 4700 Keele Street, Toronto , ON , M3J 1P3 , Canada |
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Abstract: | We discuss Susan Hanson's contributions to geography during the 1970s and 1980s through the lens of quotidian geographies, geographies of the everyday. Beginning from our own experiences as graduate students and new faculty members, we describe the social and theoretical context in which Susan published her initial studies of men's and women's activity patterns that examined gender differences in travel behavior and their origins in men's and women's different household responsibilities. We also review her success peopling the discipline of geography. We conclude that human geography has benefited from the incorporation of feminist theory and methods as Susan predicted. |
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Keywords: | gender everyday geographies labor markets feminist geography |
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