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A Companion to Social Geography

Vincent J. Del Casino, Jr. (Edited by), V Del Casino (Author), Mary Thomas (Edited by), Paul Cloke (Edited by), Ruth Panelli (Edited by)

9781405189774, Wiley

Hardback, published 18 April 2011

576 pages
24.9 x 16 x 4.8 cm, 1.225 kg

"Social Geography succeeds in providing useful and accessible supplementary reading for those interested in social geography. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 November 2011)

This volume traces the complexity of social geography in both its historical and present contexts, whilst challenging readers to reflect critically on the tensions that run through social geographic thought.

  • Organized to provide a new set of conceptual lenses through which social geographies can be discussed
  • Presents an original intervention into the debates about social geography
  • Highlights the importance of social geography within the broader field of geography

List of Illustrations viii

List of Contributors ix

 1 Introduction 1 
Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., Mary E. Thomas, Paul Cloke, and Ruth Panelli

Part I Ontological Tensions in/of Society and Space 11

Introduction 11 
Paul Cloke

 2 Difference 17 
Sarah de Leeuw, Audrey Kobayashi, and Emilie Cameron

 3 Identifi cation 37 
Katharine McKinnon

 4 Social Natures 55 
Katharine Meehan and Jennifer L. Rice

 5 Economie$ 72 
Geoff Mann

 6 Community 91 
Marcia England

 7 Belonging 108 
Caroline Nagel

Part II Thinking and Doing Social Geographies 125

Introduction 125 
Vincent J. Del Casino Jr.

 8 Knowing/Doing 131 
Richard Howitt

9 Framing the Field 146 
Joanne Sharp and Lorraine Dowler

10 On the Ground 161 
Bettina van Hoven and Louise Meijering

11 Leaving the Field 181 
Carolyn Gallaher

12 The Worldly Work of Writing Social Geography 198 
Lieba Faier

13 Participatory Praxis and Social Justice 214 
mrs c kinpaisby-hill

14 Using Social Geography 235 
Sarah Johnsen

Part III Matters and Meaning 251

Introduction 252 
Mary E. Thomas

15 Molecular Life 257 
Gail Davies

16 Psychic Life 275 
Hester Parr and Joyce Davidson

17 Sexual Life 293 
Gavin Brown, Kath Browne, and Jason Lim

18 Emotional Life 309 
Deborah Thien

19 Affective Life 326 
Keith Woodward

20 Embodied Life 346 
Isabel Dyck

21 Discursive Life 362 
Chris Philo

22 Spiritual Life 385 
Julian Holloway

23 Virtual Life 401 
Mike Crang

Part IV Power and Politics 417

Introduction 417 
Ruth Panelli

24 Geopolitics 421 
Nancy Hiemstra and Alison Mountz

25 The Geographies of Marginalization 437 
Dan Trudeau and Chris McMorran

26 Care and Caring 454 
David Conradson

27 The Challenges of and from Indigenous Geographies 472 
Brad Coombes, Nicole Gombay, Jay T. Johnson, and Wendy S. Shaw

28 Transnational Geographies and Human Rights 490 
Amy Ross

29 Resistance(s) and Collective Social Action 508 
Paul Chatterton and Nik Heynen

Index 526

Subject Areas: Geography [RG]
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