Environment through a gendered lens: From person-in-environment to woman-in-environment

Authors
Citation
Sp. Kemp, Environment through a gendered lens: From person-in-environment to woman-in-environment, AFFILIA J W, 16(1), 2001, pp. 7-30
Citations number
59
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work & Social Policy
Journal title
AFFILIA-JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND SOCIAL WORK
ISSN journal
08861099 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
7 - 30
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-1099(200121)16:1<7:ETAGLF>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Building on interdisciplinary work by critical and feminist scholars in geo graphy, architecture and urban planning and history, this article proposes a reworking of social work's person-environment-formulation to incorporate gender and its implications more fully. Three interlocking domains are addr essed: (a) women's subjective experiences of their everyday environments ; (b) the connections among these environmental experiences, the geography of women's lives, and larger social categories such as race/ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation; and (c) women's environmental strengths, resources , and agency.