Images of exclusion characterized western cultures over long historical periods. In the developed society of racism, sexism and the marginalization of minority groups, exclusion has become the dominant factor in the creation of social and spatial boundaries. This text seeks to identify the forms of social and spatial exclusion, and subsequently examine the fate of knowledge of space and society which has been produced by members of excluded groups. Evaluating writing on urban society by women and black writers, the author asks why such work is neglected by the academic establishment,...