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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817926703321

Autore

Johnson Nuala Christina <1962->

Titolo

A companion to cultural geography [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (546 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to geography

Altri autori (Persone)

DuncanJames

ScheinRichard

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Human geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

A Companion to Cultural Geography; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures and Tables; 1 Introduction; Part I Introducing Cultural Geographies; 2 Cultural Traditions; 3 Cultural Turns; 4 A Critique of the Cultural Turn; Part II Theoretical Intersections; 5 Historical Materialism and Marxism; 6 Feminisms; 7 Poststructuralism; 8 Psychoanalytic Approaches; 9 Performance and Performativity: A Geography of Unknown Lands; Part III Nature/Culture; 10 Cultures of Science; 11 Nature and Culture: On the Career of a False Problem; 12 Cultural Ecology; 13 Environmental History

14 Ethics and the Human EnvironmentPart IV Culture And Identity; 15 Nationalism; 16 Critical 'Race' Approaches to Cultural Geography; 17 Social Class; 18 Sexuality; 19 The Body; 20 Consumption; 21 Public Memory; Part V Landscapes; 22 Economic Landscapes; 23 Political Landscapes; 24 Religious Landscapes; 25 Landscapes of Home; 26 Landscapes of Childhood and Youth; 27 Landscape in Film; 28 Landscape and Art; Part VI Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies; 29 Imperial Geographies; 30 Postcolonial Geographies; 31 Diaspora; 32 Transnationalism; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 pointsCharts significant



changes in cultural geography in the twentieth century as well as the principal approaches that currently animate work in the fieldA valuable resource not just for geographers but also those working in allied fields who wish to