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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-101557868913
ISBN-139781557868916
eBay Product ID (ePID)658164
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
Publication NameCultural Geography : a Critical Introduction
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHuman Geography, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science
AuthorDonald Mitchell
SeriesCritical Introductions to Geography Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN99-049423
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsMitchell has written a significant and provocative book that deserves and rewards serious scrutiny." ANNALS of the Association of American Geographers " It is an important and timely book, emerging as cultural geography is being reassessed more than a decade after Peter Jackson's agenda [for the topic]...Overall this is a textbook providing a highyl readable introduction to a social/cultural geography for Undergraduates, very well illustrated with case study material. Mitchell's provocative style is refreshing ensuring students are forced to engage with his arguments and discuss them, "Mitchell has written a significant and provocative book that deserves and rewards serious scrutiny." ANNALS of the Association of American Geographers " It is an important and timely book, emerging as cultural geography is being reassessed more than a decade after Peter Jackson's agenda [for the topic]...Overall this is a textbook providing a highyl readable introduction to a social/cultural geography for Undergraduates, very well illustrated with case study material. Mitchell's provocative style is refreshing ensuring students are forced to engage with his arguments and discuss them"
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306
Table Of ContentA Critical Introduction. Part I: The Politics of Culture: Part II: The Political Landscape:Part III: Cultural Politics:Conclusion: Cultural Rights, Cultural Justice, Cultural Geography.
SynopsisThis book provides a critical evaluation of the transformation of cultural geography which has occurred over the past two decades. Cultural Geography explains cultural change in different geographical settings, from the politics of everyday life to the production and consumption of landscapes, to the politics of sexuality, gender, race, and nationality. Using a range of contemporary "culture wars" as examples - ranging from a struggle over public art in Denver to the politics of Jean-Marie le Pen in France - the author illustrates how cultural geographic analysis can be an important tool for understanding, and progressively intervening in contemporary cultural change.The book is divided into three parts. Part I considers the historical development of cultural geography and the critical examination of cultural theory, both within geography and other fields from which geographers draw.The second part of the book explores the most traditional of cultural geography's research foci - the landscape. It examines what a landscape is, what it means, and how we should understand its production and use.The final part of the book comprises five chapters that explore different aspects of cultural politics. Moving between the practices of control and resistance in each chapter, Mitchell shows how cultural meaning, and the spaces in which we live, are continually struggled over.Writing with the needs of advanced undergraduates and post-graduates in mind, Mitchell unravels complex ideas, yet at the same time, challenges the reader to think critically about cultural geography and about the cultural geographies that structure our lives., This book provides a critical evaluation of the transformation of cultural geography which has occurred over the past two decades. Cultural Geography explains cultural change in different geographical settings, from the politics of everyday life to the production and consumption of landscapes, to the politics of sexuality, gender, race, and nationality. Analyses recent transformations in cultural geographic theory, whilst salvaging the most valuable aspects of older traditions. Encourages debate over the ideology of culture, the production of value and the role of cultural struggle in reproducing social life. Illustrates cultural geographic theory using examples of contemporary "culture wars". Adopts an approach which is both accessible and meaningful to the advanced student, by relating difficult concepts to contemporary issues., This book provides a critical evaluation of the transformation of cultural geography which has occurred over the past two decades. Cultural Geography explains cultural change in different geographical settings, from the politics of everyday life to the production and consumption of landscapes, to the politics of sexuality, gender, race, and nationality. Analyses recent transformations in cultural geographic theory, whilst salvaging the most valuable aspects of older traditions. Encourages debate over the ideology of culture, the production of value and the role of cultural struggle in reproducing social life. Illustrates cultural geographic theory using examples of contemporary "culture wars." Adopts an approach which is both accessible and meaningful to the advanced student, by relating difficult concepts to contemporary issues.
LC Classification NumberGF41.M55 2000
