A Companion to Social Geography

Despite claims about the "death of social geography" in the 1990s, the sub–discipline has since been rethought and there has been a resurgent concern for and interest in social geographic thought and practice. This volume traces the complexity of social geography as it is practiced and discussed in both its historical and present contexts.
Taking in the major debates and practices of social geography this companion works across the theoretical, methodological, practical, and political concerns that make social geography so important to the field of geography more broadly. Structured to encourage readers to confront the ontological tensions that run through social geographic thought, this volume does not resolve these tensions, but calls on readers to think about their own theoretical and political positions and asks them to consider how their intellectual choices compel them to appreciate the way they frame their social geographies.
A Companion to Social Geography covers traditional topics such as gender, race, class, sexuality, marginalization, and care and caring, whilst also challenging the common assumptions that restrict the possibilities for provocative growth in the sub–discipline.

Spis treści:
List of Illustrations.
List of Contributors.
1 Introduction (Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., Mary E. Thomas, Paul Cloke, and Ruth Panelli).
Part I Ontological Tensions in/of Society and Space.
Introduction (Paul Cloke).
2 Difference (Sarah de Leeuw, Audrey Kobayashi, and Emilie Cameron).
3 Identifi cation (Katharine McKinnon).
4 Social Natures (Katharine Meehan and Jennifer L. Rice).
5 Economie$ (Geoff Mann).
6 Community (Marcia England).
7 Belonging (Caroline Nagel).
Part II Thinking and Doing Social Geographies.
Introduction (Vincent J. Del Casino Jr.).
8 Knowing/Doing (Richard Howitt).
9 Framing the Field (Joanne Sharp and Lorraine Dowler).
10 On the Ground (Bettina van Hoven and Louise Meijering).
11 Leaving the Field (Carolyn Gallaher).
12 The Worldly Work of Writing Social Geography (Lieba Faier).
13 Participatory Praxis and Social Justice (Mrs C Kinpaisby–Hill).
14 Using Social Geography (Sarah Johnsen).
Part III Matters and Meaning.
Introduction (Mary E. Thomas).
15 Molecular Life (Gail Davies).
16 Psychic Life (Hester Parr and Joyce Davidson).
17 Sexual Life (Gavin Brown, Kath Browne, and Jason Lim).
18 Emotional Life (Deborah Thien).
19 Affective Life (Keith Woodward).
20 Embodied Life (Isabel Dyck).
21 Discursive Life (Chris Philo).
22 Spiritual Life (Julian Holloway).
23 Virtual Life (Mike Crang).
Part IV Power and Politics.
Introduction (Ruth Panelli).
24 Geopolitics (Nancy Hiemstra and Alison Mountz).
25 The Geographies of Marginalization (Dan Trudeau and Chris McMorran).
26 Care and Caring (David Conradson).
27 The Challenges of and from Indigenous Geographies (Brad Coombes, Nicole Gombay, Jay T. Johnson, and Wendy S. Shaw).
28 Transnational Geographies and Human Rights (Amy Ross).
29 Resistance(s) and Collective Social Action (Paul Chatterton and Nik Heynen).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Vincent J. Del Casino Jr. is Professor and Chair of Geography at California State University, Long Beach. He has published extensively on social geography, the geographies of health, geographic methodologies, critical cartography, and representational politics. His recent books include Social Geography: A Critical Introduction (Wiley–Blackwell, 2009) and Mapping Tourism (2003).
Mary E. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Geography and Women′s Studies at Ohio S tate University. Her research examines racial segregation among US youth populations and the perpetuation of racism, sexism, and white hegemony in the practices of young women. Her book on teen girls, racial segregation, and urban education in Los Angeles, California is forthcoming.
 
Paul Cloke is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Exeter. He has published widely on the social and cultural geographies of rural areas, and is Founder Editor of the Journal of Rural Studies. His recent books include Swept Up Lives? Re–envisioning the Homeless City (with Jon May and Sarah Johnsen, Wiley–Blackwell, 2010) and Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption (with Clive Barnett, Nick Clarke, and Alice Malpass, Wiley–Blackwell, 2011).
Ruth Panelli is former Reader in Human Geography at University College London and is now participating in community work and research in rural New Zealand. She has published writings on responses to individual and collective experiences of difference and her books include Social Geographies: From Difference to Action (2004) and Global Perspectives on Rural Childhood and Youth (ed. with Samantha Punch and Elsbeth Robson, 2007).

Okładka tylna:
Despite claims about the "death of social geography" in the 1990s, the sub–discipline has since been rethought and there has been a resurgent concern for and interest in social geographic thought and practice. This volume traces the complexity of social geography as it is practiced and discussed in both its historical and present contexts.
Taking in the major debates and practices of social geography this companion works across the theoretical, methodological, practical, and political concerns that make social geography so important to the field of geography more broadly. Structured to encourage readers to confront the ontological tensions tha t run through social geographic thought, this volume does not resolve these tensions, but calls on readers to think about their own theoretical and political positions and asks them to consider how their intellectual choices compel them to appreciate the way they frame their social geographies.
A Companion to Social Geography covers traditional topics such as gender, race, class, sexuality, marginalization, and care and caring, whilst also challenging the common assumptions that restrict the possibilities for provocative growth in the sub–discipline.