Critical Geographies
Spaces of Masculinities
1st Edition
Edited
By Kathrin Hörschelmann, Bettina van Hoven
February 13, 2014
Changing circumstances in Western and global societies have introduced new constraints and opportunities for men and the formation of male identities. Meanwhile, the emerging diversity of 'atypical' identities ('atypical' when compared with traditional conceptions of middle-class, white, ...
Seductions of Place: Geographical Perspectives on Globalization and Touristed Landscapes
1st Edition
Edited
By Alan A. Lew, Alan A Lew
May 16, 2005
The seductiveness of touristed landscapes is simultaneously local and global, as travelled places are formed and reworked by the activities of diverse, mobile people, in their desires to experience situated, sensuous qualities of difference. Cartier and Lew’s interesting and informative book ...
Sound Tracks: Popular Music Identity and Place
1st Edition
By John Connell, Chris Gibson
November 08, 2002
Sound Tracks is the first comprehensive book on the new geography of popular music, examining the complex links between places, music and cultural identities. It provides an interdisciplinary perspective on local, national and global scenes, from the 'Mersey' and 'Icelandic' sounds to 'world music'...
Culture/Place/Health
1st Edition
By Wilbert M. Gesler, Robin A. Kearns
December 14, 2001
Culture/Place/Health is the first exploration of cultural-geographical health research for a decade, drawing on contemporary research undertaken by geographers and other social scientists to explore the links between culture, place and health. It uses a wealth of examples from societies around the ...
The Geography of Young People: Morally Contested Spaces
1st Edition
By Stuart C Aitken
August 09, 2001
This book traces some of the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up. The book challenges popular myths that evoke general notions of ...
Timespace: Geographies of Temporality
1st Edition
Edited
By Jon May, Nigel Thrift
April 13, 2001
Timespace undermines the old certainties of time and space by arguing that these dimensions do not exist singly, but only as a hybrid process term. The issue of space has perhaps been over-emphasised and it is essential that processes of everyday existence, such as globalisation and environmental ...
Bodies: Exploring Fluid Boundaries
1st Edition
By Robyn Longhurst
November 07, 2000
This is one of the first books to introduce students to the key concepts and debates surrounding the relationship between bodily boundaries, abject materiality and spaces. The text includes original interview and focus group data informed by feminist theory on the body and uses case studies to ...
Animal Spaces, Beastly Places
1st Edition
By Chris Philo, Chris Wilbert
September 12, 2000
Animal Spaces, Beastly Places examines how animals interact and relate with people in different ways. Using a comprehensive range of examples, which include feral cats and wild wolves, to domestic animals and intensively farmed cattle, the contributors explore the complex relations in which humans...
Children's Geographies: Playing, Living, Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Sarah L. Holloway, Gill Valentine
August 09, 2000
Children's Geographies is an overview of a rapidly expanding area of cutting edge research. Drawing on original research and extensive case studies in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, the book analyses children's experiences of playing, living and learning.The diverse case studies ...
Thinking Space
1st Edition
Edited
By Mike Crang, Nigel Thrift
June 13, 2000
As theorists have begun using geographical concepts and metaphors to think about the complex and differentiated world, it is important to reflect on their work, and its impact on our thoughts on space. This revealing book explores the work of a wide range of prolific social theorists. Included...
Geopolitical Traditions: Critical Histories of a Century of Geopolitical Thought
1st Edition
Edited
By David Atkinson, Klaus Dodds
May 31, 2000
Condemned as an intellectul poison by the late American geographer Richard Hartshbornem geopolitics has confounded its critics. Today it remains a popular and important intellectul field despite the persistent allegations that geopolitics helped to legitimate Hitler's policies of spatial ...
De-Centering Sexualities
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Phillips, David Shuttleton, Diane Watt
February 08, 2000
This book of critical rural geography breaks new ground by drawing attention to sex and sexualities outside the metropolis. It explores sexualities and sexual experiences in a variety of rural and marginal spaces with international contributions from a wide range of disciplines. These include: ...