Understanding cultural geography: places and traces/ Jon Anderson

By:

Anderson, Jon

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge, 2010. London:Description: xvii, 212 pISBN:

9780415430555

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

304.2 AND-U

Contents:

Introduction -- The history of cultural geography . Branching out: twenty-first century development in the family tree of cultural geography -- Knowing (your) place -- Taking and making place: the stuff of power -- Counter-cultures: global, corporate and anti-capitalisms -- the place of nature -- The place of ethnicity -- Senses of place: scale and beliefs -- Making and marking new places: the cultural geographies of youth -- (B)ordering the body -- Swimming in context: doing cultural geography in practice -- A culturally geographical approach to place.

Summary: This book outlines in an engaging and accessible manner how the theoretical ideas, empirical foci and methodological techniques of cultural geography illuminate and make sense of the places people inhabit and contribute to: it offers a holistic introduction to cultural geography

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB D-1	Non Fiction	304.2 AND-U (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004818

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1. Introduction 2. The History of Cultural Geography 3. Branching Out: Twenty-first Century Developments in the Family Tree of Cultural Geography 4. Knowing (your) Place 5. Taking and Making Place: the Stuff of Power 6. Counter Cultures: Global, Corporate, and Anti-Capitalisms 7. The Place of Nature 8. The Place of Ethnicity 9. Senses of Place: Scales and Beliefs 10. Making and Marking New Places: The Cultural Geographies of Youth 11. (B)ordering the Body 12. Swimming in Context: Doing Cultural Geography in Practice 13. A Culturally Geographical Approach to Place

Introduction --
The history of cultural geography . Branching out: twenty-first century development in the family tree of cultural geography --
Knowing (your) place --
Taking and making place: the stuff of power --
Counter-cultures: global, corporate and anti-capitalisms --
the place of nature --
The place of ethnicity --
Senses of place: scale and beliefs --
Making and marking new places: the cultural geographies of youth --
(B)ordering the body --
Swimming in context: doing cultural geography in practice --
A culturally geographical approach to place.

This book outlines in an engaging and accessible manner how the theoretical ideas, empirical foci and methodological techniques of cultural geography illuminate and make sense of the places people inhabit and contribute to: it offers a holistic introduction to cultural geography

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