Rob Shields

Places on the Margin

Alternative Geographies of Modernity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The debate on modernity and postmodernity has awakened interest in the importance of the spatial for cultural formations. Rob Shields has here developed an alternative geography and sociology of space by examining `places on the margin'.

Produktdetails

• International Library of Sociology
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 162mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780415080224
• ISBN-10: 0415080223
• Artikelnr.: 21587341

Autorenporträt

Rob Shields

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Introduction
Places on the Margin
1. Margin and Periphery
2. Early Approaches: A Review in the Form of Critique 3. Synopsis: Chapter One: Alternative Geographies of Modernity
1. Social Spatialisation
i. Bourdieu's Habitus
ii. Foucault
2. The Social Construction of the Spatial
iii. Realist Visions
iv. Lefebvre
3. Social Spatialisations and the `Sense of Place': Part Two: Chapter Two: Ritual Pleasures of a Seaside Resort
Chapter Three: Niagara Falls: Honeymoon Capital of the World
Chapter Four: The True North Strong and Free
Chapter Five: The North-South Divide in England: Part Three: Chapter Six: Synthesis and Implications
Bibliography