Gender and Space

Publication Type:

chapter

Date Issued:

2012

Authors:

Irene Molina , Karin Grundström

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

eng

Page:

250-254

DOI:

10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00578-6

ISBN:

9780080471631

In the field of housing research, gender and space have historically been overlooked, both empirically and theoretically. The theoretical base of research on housing, gender, and space is to be found in a cross-disciplinary field of spatial theory, gender studies, feminist and critical studies in geography, sociology and architecture. In this article, it is primarily the spatial-theoretical grounding that we want to emphasise. The article first introduces theoretical approaches to the research area and then gives examples of research within two themes related to the spatial-theoretical point of departure.