TY - JOUR
T1 - Where angels fear to tread? Mapping women and men in India
AU - Kumar, N.
AU - Raju, S.
AU - Atkins, P. J.
AU - Townsend, J. G.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1997/12
Y1 - 1997/12
N2 - The authors have produced the Atlas of Women and Men in India, using material from the 1991 Census, mainly at district level. The Atlas may be unacceptable to Indian geographers because it seeks to question the authority of numerical data and of maps, and to Western geographers because this is "mapping before we understand the process". The authors introduce maps of the sex ratio in India and explore through a map of changes in the sex ratio 1981-91 some numerical, analytical, and ethical problems of such mapping. The Indian feminist activists consulted want the Atlas for advocacy: does this justify its production?
AB - The authors have produced the Atlas of Women and Men in India, using material from the 1991 Census, mainly at district level. The Atlas may be unacceptable to Indian geographers because it seeks to question the authority of numerical data and of maps, and to Western geographers because this is "mapping before we understand the process". The authors introduce maps of the sex ratio in India and explore through a map of changes in the sex ratio 1981-91 some numerical, analytical, and ethical problems of such mapping. The Indian feminist activists consulted want the Atlas for advocacy: does this justify its production?
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U2 - 10.1068/a292207
DO - 10.1068/a292207
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:6244242474
VL - 29
SP - 2207
EP - 2215
JO - Environment and Planning A
JF - Environment and Planning A
SN - 0308-518X
IS - 12
ER -