33 The Ocean
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Rachael Squire
Abstract
This chapter takes on the space of oceans – their surfaces and depths – to explore feminist approaches to political geography. Focusing on feminist geopolitics specifically, where most oceanic work of a feminist orientation has been conducted, this chapter follows three concerns. First, it upends prevailing norms about the ocean(s) through a feminist (geopolitical) lens. Then, drawing on the interventions of feminist political geography, it explores the oceans as (1) lived worlds and the place of everyday and embodied experience, before (2) examining agency and the more-than-human, situating these within the context of oceans and critical ocean studies. The chapter ends by outlining further areas for research and by arguing for a rethinking and re-feeling of our own relationships with the ocean and its diverse, queer inhabitants. In following these threads, the chapter as a whole extends on the well-trodden ‘ground’ of relations between feminism and the oceans – where the oceans have often been traditionally framed in masculinist ways, with expanses of oceans being ‘mastered,’ or depths ‘conquered,’ with women positioned in stereotypical ways as threatening to the success of voyages, or women’s physiques being unsuited to the harsh conditions of the seas. Moving beyond areas, this chapter offers a critical feminist view to ocean worlds.
Abstract
This chapter takes on the space of oceans – their surfaces and depths – to explore feminist approaches to political geography. Focusing on feminist geopolitics specifically, where most oceanic work of a feminist orientation has been conducted, this chapter follows three concerns. First, it upends prevailing norms about the ocean(s) through a feminist (geopolitical) lens. Then, drawing on the interventions of feminist political geography, it explores the oceans as (1) lived worlds and the place of everyday and embodied experience, before (2) examining agency and the more-than-human, situating these within the context of oceans and critical ocean studies. The chapter ends by outlining further areas for research and by arguing for a rethinking and re-feeling of our own relationships with the ocean and its diverse, queer inhabitants. In following these threads, the chapter as a whole extends on the well-trodden ‘ground’ of relations between feminism and the oceans – where the oceans have often been traditionally framed in masculinist ways, with expanses of oceans being ‘mastered,’ or depths ‘conquered,’ with women positioned in stereotypical ways as threatening to the success of voyages, or women’s physiques being unsuited to the harsh conditions of the seas. Moving beyond areas, this chapter offers a critical feminist view to ocean worlds.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements
- Contents VII
- 1 Introduction 1
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Part I: Foundations
- 2 The Feminist Geography Of Feminist Political Geography 18
- 3 Feminist Geopolitics 33
- 4 Intimate Geopolitics 51
- 5 Nationalism 65
- 6 De/coloniality 77
- 7 Decolonizing Feminist Geopolitics 89
- 8 Trauma 103
- 9 Peace 115
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Part II: Critical Interventions
- 10 Black Futurity 129
- 11 Racial Capitalism 141
- 12 Populism 153
- 13 Electoral Democracy 165
- 14 Crip Geographies 177
- 15 Queer Geographies 189
- 16 Trans Geographies 201
- 17 Cuerpo-Territorio 213
- 18 Geographies Of Technology 227
- 19 More-Than-Human Geographies 239
- 20 Austerity 251
- 21 Labor 263
- 22 Health 275
- 23 Environmental Justice 287
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Part III: Spaces
- 24 Territory 303
- 25 The Nation-State 315
- 26 The Border 329
- 27 Spaces Of Refuge And Asylum 341
- 28 The Body 353
- 29 Home 367
- 30 The Workplace 379
- 31 The City 391
- 32 The Rural 403
- 33 The Ocean 415
- 34 The Ship 427
- 35 Public Transport 439
- 36 Infrastructure 451
- 37 The Prison 461
- 38 Food 475
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Part IV: Methodologies
- 39 Postcolonial Positionality 487
- 40 Digital Methods And Community-Engaged Research 499
- 41 Fieldwork 511
- 42 Ethnography 525
- 43 Creative Political Geography 537
- 44 Mobile Methods 549
- 45 Life Histories 563
- 46 Black Feminist Literary Methods 575
- 47 Historical Approaches 587
- List of Contributors 599
- Index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements
- Contents VII
- 1 Introduction 1
-
Part I: Foundations
- 2 The Feminist Geography Of Feminist Political Geography 18
- 3 Feminist Geopolitics 33
- 4 Intimate Geopolitics 51
- 5 Nationalism 65
- 6 De/coloniality 77
- 7 Decolonizing Feminist Geopolitics 89
- 8 Trauma 103
- 9 Peace 115
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Part II: Critical Interventions
- 10 Black Futurity 129
- 11 Racial Capitalism 141
- 12 Populism 153
- 13 Electoral Democracy 165
- 14 Crip Geographies 177
- 15 Queer Geographies 189
- 16 Trans Geographies 201
- 17 Cuerpo-Territorio 213
- 18 Geographies Of Technology 227
- 19 More-Than-Human Geographies 239
- 20 Austerity 251
- 21 Labor 263
- 22 Health 275
- 23 Environmental Justice 287
-
Part III: Spaces
- 24 Territory 303
- 25 The Nation-State 315
- 26 The Border 329
- 27 Spaces Of Refuge And Asylum 341
- 28 The Body 353
- 29 Home 367
- 30 The Workplace 379
- 31 The City 391
- 32 The Rural 403
- 33 The Ocean 415
- 34 The Ship 427
- 35 Public Transport 439
- 36 Infrastructure 451
- 37 The Prison 461
- 38 Food 475
-
Part IV: Methodologies
- 39 Postcolonial Positionality 487
- 40 Digital Methods And Community-Engaged Research 499
- 41 Fieldwork 511
- 42 Ethnography 525
- 43 Creative Political Geography 537
- 44 Mobile Methods 549
- 45 Life Histories 563
- 46 Black Feminist Literary Methods 575
- 47 Historical Approaches 587
- List of Contributors 599
- Index
