Bar Wars: Changing Geographies of Gender in Spain
This paper looks at gender segregation in rural Spain from an historical viewpoint. The subject is gender apartheid: female seclusion and male dominance in public places and the vicissitudes therein. The paper shows how a venerable pattern of female seclusion has been challenged and describes what...
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| Language: | English |
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Hipatia Press
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Masculinities and Social Change |
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| Online Access: | https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/mcs/article/view/100 |
| Summary: | This paper looks at gender segregation in rural Spain from an historical viewpoint. The subject is gender apartheid: female seclusion and male dominance in public places and the vicissitudes therein. The paper shows how a venerable pattern of female seclusion has been challenged and describes what the social consequences cultural are of this cultural upheaval. Working from the premise of public/private? as ethnographically valid, the author describes how women in Andalusia have created a new institution specifically designed to breech the barriers of masculine space and attain public access.
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| ISSN: | 2014-3605 |