Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Subjectivities, Knowledges and Feminist Geographies: The Subjects and Ethics of Social Research

Research about people always makes assumptions about the nature of humans as subjects. This collaboration by a group of feminist researchers looks at subjectivity in relation to researchers, the researched, and audiences, as well as at the connections between subjectivity and knowledge. The authors argue that subjectivity is spatialized in embodied, multiple, and fractured ways, challenging the dominant notions of the rational, 'bounded' subject. A highly original contribution to feminist geography, this book is equally relevant to social science debates about using qualitative methodologies and to ongoing discussions on the ethics of social research. Review A highly original contribution to feminist geography...Students and researchers in women's studies and social sciences will welcome this timely publication.--Educational Book Review A worhtwhile contribution to a substantial and growing feminist literature that explores the relationships between knowledge production ad spatialities of subjectivity. Compelling to read, this volume offers upper-level students and academics a collection of qualitative empirical and theoretical studies that add depth and breadth to feminist inquiry.--Annals of the Association of American Geographers This volume is a collection of thought-provoking articles; together, they signify a move toward understanding the creation of subjectivities.--Ethics, Place & Environment Having recently established a postgraduate feminist reading group with 15 students in my School, I approached the Bondi et al. collection with great interest. I wasn't disappointed....Through reflections upon and engagements with the authors' research topics and methodological processes, it explores central debates and dilemmas within current feminine geographies and provides an example of collaborative feminist practice in action in action. It's also a great read!....The breadth, depth and quality of this collection is a testament to the openness and commitment to 'walking the talk' of staff and students in feminist geography in Edinburgh. It serves as a useful model for others who seek to practice an embodied and spatialized feminist politics elsewhere. I will be sharing it with my current reading group and would encourage others to do so also.--Sara Kindon, Institute of Geography, Victoria University of Wellington "New Zealand Geographer " About the Author The authors were all members of a Feminist Geography Reading Group at the University of Edinburgh when this volume began to take shape. Some are still at the University of Edinburgh; others are now elsewhere.