A Companion to Cultural Geography

Copyright © 2004 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Cultural Geography

Editor(s): James S. Duncan, Nuala C. Johnson, Richard H. Schein

Published Online: 30 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631230502

Online ISBN: 9780470996515

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996515

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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

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xiii)

    1. Chapter 1

      Introduction (pages 1–8)

      James S. Duncan, Nuala C. Johnson and Richard H. Schein

  3. Part I: Introducing Cultural Geographies

    1. Chapter 2

      Cultural Traditions (pages 9–23)

      Richard H. Schein

    2. Chapter 3

      Cultural Turns (pages 24–37)

      Heidi Scott

    3. Chapter 4

      A Critique of the Cultural Turn (pages 38–48)

      Clive Barnett

  4. Part II: Theoretical Intersections

    1. Chapter 5

      Historical Materialism and Marxism (pages 49–65)

      Don Mitchell

    2. Chapter 6

      Feminisms (pages 66–78)

      Joanne Sharp

    3. Chapter 7

      Poststructuralism (pages 79–107)

      Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones

    4. Chapter 8

      Psychoanalytic Approaches (pages 108–120)

      Paul Kingsbury

    5. Chapter 9

      Performance and Performativity: A Geography of Unknown Lands (pages 121–136)

      Nigel Thrift

  5. Part III: Nature/Culture

    1. Chapter 10

      Cultures of Science (pages 137–150)

      David N. Livingstone

    2. Chapter 11

      Nature and Culture: on the Career of a False Problem (pages 151–179)

      Bruce Braun

    3. Chapter 12

      Cultural Ecology (pages 180–193)

      Paul Robbins

    4. Chapter 13

      Environmental History (pages 194–208)

      Gerry Kearns

    5. Chapter 14

      Ethics and the Human Environment (pages 209–220)

      Jonathan M. Smith

  6. Part IV: Culture and Identity

    1. Chapter 15

      Nationalism (pages 221–237)

      John Agnew

    2. Chapter 16

      Critical ‘Race’ Approaches to Cultural Geography (pages 238–249)

      Audrey Kobayashi

    3. Chapter 17

      Social Class (pages 250–264)

      Nancy Duncan and Stephen Legg

    4. Chapter 18

      Sexuality (pages 265–278)

      Richard Phillips

    5. Chapter 19

      The Body (pages 279–297)

      Michael Landzelius

    6. Chapter 20

      Consumption (pages 298–315)

      James Kneale and Claire Dwyer

    7. Chapter 21

      Public Memory (pages 316–327)

      Nuala C. Johnson

  7. Part V: Landscapes

    1. Chapter 22

      Economic Landscapes (pages 329–346)

      Susan Roberts

    2. Chapter 23

      Political Landscapes (pages 347–364)

      Karen E. Till

    3. Chapter 24

      Religious Landscapes (pages 365–381)

      Lily Kong

    4. Chapter 25

      Landscapes of Home (pages 382–403)

      James S. Duncan and David Lambert

    5. Chapter 26

      Landscapes of Childhood and Youth (pages 404–419)

      Elizabeth A. Gagen

    6. Chapter 27

      Landscape in Film (pages 420–429)

      Robert Shannan Peckham

    7. Chapter 28

      Landscape and Art (pages 430–446)

      Stephen Daniels

  8. Part VI: Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies

    1. Chapter 29

      Imperial Geographies (pages 447–468)

      Daniel Clayton

    2. Chapter 30

      Postcolonial Geographies (pages 469–484)

      James R. Ryan

    3. Chapter 31

      Diaspora (pages 485–498)

      Carl Dahlman

    4. Chapter 32

      Transnationalism (pages 499–512)

      Cheryl Mcewan

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      Index (pages 513–529)

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