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The social construction of space and gender
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Abstract "Over the past 10 years two concepts of central significance in the social sciences have come up for rediscussion: ‘space’ and ‘gender’. Today the two concepts are seen as relational, as a production process based on relation and demarcation. Gender and space alike are a provisional result of an – i... view more
"Over the past 10 years two concepts of central significance in the social sciences have come up for rediscussion: ‘space’ and ‘gender’. Today the two concepts are seen as relational, as a production process based on relation and demarcation. Gender and space alike are a provisional result of an – invariably temporal – process of attribution and arrangement that both forms and reproduces structures. This article takes a microsociological look at the construction of the local, seeking to trace the genderization of spaces. For this purpose, it discusses the organization of perceptions, in particular of glances and corresponding body technologies. Referring to the example of beach life, the article shows that the genderization of perception (including a culture of the glance) leads, in the sense of an embodiment of social order, to a practice of localization that reproduces the structural principles of society (including gender). In other words, gender may be seen as inscribed, via body practices, in the production of spaces.
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Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
beach; body; gaze; perception; perspective; placings; space; territories
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 119-133
Journal
European Journal of Women's Studies, 13 (2006) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506806062751
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)