Duncan

Companion to Cultural Geography

Herausgeber: Duncan, James; Schein, Richard H; Johnson, Nuala C

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Produktbeschreibung

A Companion to Cultural Geography brings together original contributions from 40 distinguished international scholars to provide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential field of study. The volume starts by charting the most significant changes in cultural geography in the twentieth century before going on to introduce the principal approaches animating work in the field today. These theoretical approaches are then grounded in a series of essays on the major thematic areas to which cultural geographers have contributed ---nature, identity, landscape, colonialism, and post-colonialism. The Companion will be a valuable resource not just for geographers but also for those working in allied fields who seek a clear understanding of the contribution that geography is making to cross-disciplinary debates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 927g
• ISBN-13: 9781405175654
• ISBN-10: 1405175656
• Artikelnr.: 22961453

Autorenporträt

James S. Duncan is Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Nuala C. Johnson is Reader at Queen's University, Belfast. Richard H. Schein is Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables.

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: Introduction.

Part II: Introducing Cultural Geographies.

Part III: Theoretical Intersections.

Part IV: Nature/Culture.

Part V: Culture and Identity.

Part VI: Landscapes.

Part VII: Colonial and Post-Colonial Geographies.

Index

Rezensionen

"Finally, a text that brings the major contributions of the'new cultural geography' and its relationship tocultural studies into rich relief. A Companion to CulturalGeography comprises a series of outstanding essays oncontemporary cultural geographies of nature, identity, landscape,and power. Each of the essays engages with broader debates incultural studies and social theory, and with the role of theory,methodology and practice in contemporary human geography. ThisCompanion will be invaluable to students, teachers, andresearchers alike."
John Pickles, UNC Chapel Hill

"A Companion to Cultural Geography provides excellentcompany for a range of journeys that cultural geographers may beplanning to embark upon... This is a book that academics culturalgeographers will want to have on their bookshelves, and on theshelves of their libraries, as a resource for themselves and theirsenior undergraduate and postgraduate students, because thesecompanions will speed many an academic journey."
Cultural Geographies