Peripheral Women: Towards a Feminist Analysis of the Atlantic Region

The purpose of this article is to clear away some tangled ground, and, with the terrain a little clearer, to explore the possibilities of some new alliances. In Atlantic Canada, there are a number of theoretical perspectives directed at understanding the political economy of the region. The endeavors I find most interesting are those that have an explicitly political agenda directed at changing, as well as understanding the situation in which they find themselves. In this article I suggest that two of these endeavors would benefit from a closer alliance.