Engendering Critical Spatial Literacy
Migrant Asante Women and the Politics of Urban Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20054059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Epifania Akosua Amoo-Adare (Stony Brook University, corresponding author), Epifania Amoo-Adare |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 101-118 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Gender Epistemologies in Africa (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230116276_6 |
| OpenAlex | W2100392166 |
| ISBN | 9780230116276 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
The power of spatial configurations in our everyday social practices and ideological constructions of place and identity cannot be denied. When it comes to issues of power and socio-physical space, women of predominantly African descent were and still are at the bottom of the barrel (at which level classism, racism, and sexism violently intersect). This phenomenon is evident in various forms and degrees all over the world, especially within the urban context. Thus you will find that women of African descent are often in the majority at the bottom of the urban power hierarchy in ‘third-world’ cities, such as Accra, as well as in diasporic cities, such as Los Angeles. The unequal development of urban space is clearly represented in the low spatial positioning of these women. This positioning also has grave implications for their struggle for place in the social construction of spatiality, their understanding of their urban social practices, and their identity construction
Aesthetics · Context (archaeology) · Geography · Identity (music) · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Racism · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · South African History and Culture
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The Black woman cross-culturally
All the women are White, all the Blacks are men, but some of us are brave
Sharing the Same Bowl
The Importance of the Act of Reading
The Spatiality of Social Life
Space and place
Black Feminist Thought
Woman's Role in Economic Development
African Gender Trouble and African Womanism
Challenging Imperial Feminism
Sharing the Same Bowl
Charting the journey
Shelter, women and development
Architecture for the Poor
Talking Back
Architecture for the Poor
Talking Back
Under Western Eyes
Male Daughters, Female Husbands
Homeless. Policies, strategies, and lives on the street
Womanism
Women in Accra
The Political Economy of Housing and Urban Development in Africa
De-Confounding Gender
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |