A Companion to Cultural Geography

by Editor: James Duncan (University of Cambridge, UK ); Editor: Nuala Johnson (Queen's University, Belfast, UK ); Editor: Richard Schein (University of Kentucky, USA )

• ISBN13: 9780470997253
• ISBN10: 0470997257
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A Companion to Cultural Geography brings together original contributions from 35 distinguished international scholars to provide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential field of study. Provides accessible overviews of key themes, debates and controversies from a variety of historical and theoretical vantage points. Charts significant changes in cultural geography in the twentieth century as well as the principal approaches that currently animate work in the field. A valuable resource not just for geographers but also those working in allied fields who wish to get a clear understanding of the contribution geography is making to cross-disciplinary debates.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors. List of Figures and Tables. 1. Introduction (James S. Duncan, Nuala C. Johnson, Richard H. Schein). Part I: Introducing Cultural Geographies:. 2. Cultural Traditions (Richard H. Schein). 3. Cultural Turns (Heidi Scott). 4. A Critique of the Cultural Turn (Clive Barnett). Part II: Theoretical Intersections:. 5. Historical Materialism and Marxism (Don Mitchell). 6. Feminisms (Joanne Sharp). 7. Post-structuralism (Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones III). 8. Psychoanalytical Approaches (Paul Kingsbury). 9. Performativity: A Geography of Unknown Lands (Nigel Thrift). Part III: Nature/Culture:. 10. Cultures of Science (David N. Livingstone). 11. Nature and Culture: On the Career of a False Problem (Bruce Braun). 12. Cultural Ecology (Paul Robbins). 13. Environmental History (Gerry Kearns). 14. Ethics and the Human Environment (Jonathan M. Smith). Part IV: Culture and Identity:. 15. Nationalism (John Agnew). 16. Critical 'Race' Approaches to Cultural Geography (Audrey Kobayashi). 17. Social Class (Nancy Duncan and Steven Legg). 18. Sexuality (Richard Phillips). 19. The Body (Michael Landzelius). 20. Consumption (Claire Dwyer and James Kneale). 21. Public Memory (Nuala C. Johnson). Part V: Landscapes. 22.Economic Landscapes (Susan Roberts). 23. Political Landscapes (Karen E. Till). 24. Religion and Landscape (Lilly Kong). 25. Landscapes of Home (James S. Duncan and David Lambert). 26. Landscapes of Childhood and Youth (Elizabeth A. Gagen). 27. Landscape in Film (Robert Shannan Peckham). 28. Landscape and Art (Stephen Daniels). Part VI: Colonial and Post-Colonial Geographies. 29. Imperial Geographies (Daniel Clayton). 30. Post-colonial Geographies (James R. Ryan). 31. Diaspora (Carl Dahlman). 32. Transnationalism (Cheryl McEwan). Index