Description
Book SynopsisThis volume traces the complexity of social geography in both its historical and present contexts, while challenging readers to reflect critically on the tensions that run through social geographic thought. The text is organized to provide a new set of conceptual lenses through which social geographies can be discussed.
Trade Review"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)
Table of ContentsList 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
