ON BEING NOT EVEN ANYWHERE NEAR 'THE PROJECT': WAYS OF PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE PICTURE

ABSTRACTS This paper challenges current constructions of “the project” in radical geography by examining the phenomenon of “missing sisters.” We discuss the social construction of lesbians and disabled women as invisible “others” and how this is manifest in Geography. We argue that disabled women an...

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Published in:Antipode 1995-04, Vol.27 (2), p.137-166
Main Authors: Chouinard, Vera, Grant, Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bgi / Prodig
Comparison
Disabled women
Human geography
Lesbians
Perspectives
Population geography and social geography
Social geography
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Summary:ABSTRACTS This paper challenges current constructions of “the project” in radical geography by examining the phenomenon of “missing sisters.” We discuss the social construction of lesbians and disabled women as invisible “others” and how this is manifest in Geography. We argue that disabled women and lesbians have had their experiences and lives marginalized; both in the geographic literature and through practices of exclusion. We call for a reconstructed radical geography which includes lesbians and disabled women, on their own revolutionary terms, in the production of knowledge and in political practice. Such an inclusionary project will enrich our understanding of geographic processes and strengthen our efforts to build political strategies of resistance to contemporary forms of oppression and marginalization.
ISSN:0066-4812
1467-8330
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8330.1995.tb00270.x