Working Feminism

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Working Feminism looks at key concepts and debates within feminist theory and puts them to work concretely in relation to the real problems faced by Filipina domestic workers and Asian youth in Canada. Written by a geographer, it draws to the fore the metaphorical and concrete geographies that lie implicit and underdeveloped within much feminist theory and suggests that a geographical imagination offers a means of reframing debates beyond polarised theoretical and political positions. Alternating between theoretical and empirical chapters, substantial and wide-ranging discussions of human righ ... More Working Feminism looks at key concepts and debates within feminist theory and puts them to work concretely in relation to the real problems faced by Filipina domestic workers and Asian youth in Canada. Written by a geographer, it draws to the fore the metaphorical and concrete geographies that lie implicit and underdeveloped within much feminist theory and suggests that a geographical imagination offers a means of reframing debates beyond polarised theoretical and political positions. Alternating between theoretical and empirical chapters, substantial and wide-ranging discussions of human rights, multiculturalism, transnationalism and feminist politics are brought to earth and – by putting them into the context of individual predicaments – to life. The empirical chapters build from a long collaboration with an activist group – the Philippine Women Centre – in Vancouver, Canada and demonstrate the fruits of a close and innovative engagement between feminist theory and participatory action research. The book demonstrates the immediate practicality of abstract debates; it has been widely and successfully used in upper level undergraduate and graduate seminars.

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