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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Horton (University of Northampton, UK) , Peter KraftlPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.800kg ISBN: 9780415740166ISBN 10: 0415740169 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 04 October 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction Section I. Cultural Processes and Politics 2. Cultural Production 3. Cultural Consumption Section II Several Cultural Geographies 4. Architectural Geographies 5. Landscapes 6. Textual Geographies 7. Performed Geographies 8. Identities Section III: Key Concepts for Cultural Geographers 9. Everyday Geographies 10. Material Things 11. Emotional and Affective Geographies 12. Bodily Geographies 13. Space and Place 14. ConclusionReviewsThroughout this text, Horton and Kraftl engage with a wide spectrum of social and cultural theories. They discuss the multiple meanings and uses of the word culture, and they also remind us that knowledge is always situated, and writing is positional and embodied. Last but not least, they provide a richly annotated bibliography of key readings in the field of cultural geographies and neighboring disciplines. - Heike Henderson, Boise State University Throughout this text, Horton and Kraftl engage with a wide spectrum of social and cultural theories. They discuss the multiple meanings and uses of the word culture, and they also remind us that knowledge is always situated, and writing is positional and embodied. Last but not least, they provide a richly annotated bibliography of key readings in the field of cultural geographies and neighboring disciplines. - Heike Henderson, Boise State University Author InformationDr. John Horton is Associate Professor in Human Geography at The University of Northampton. He is a cultural geographer with research interests in geographies of childhood and youth. He is an Editor of Children's Geographies journal and co-edited Critical Geographies of Childhood and Youth (Policy Press, 2012). He has worked on more than thirty research projects about children and young people's everyday geographies in diverse UK contexts. He teaches undergraduate modules on social and cultural geography and concepts in human geography. Dr. Peter Kraftl is a Reader in Human geography at the University of Leicester. He has published two books and over forty articles and book chapters on geographies of childhood, youth and education, including a book on Geographies of Alternative Education (Policy Press, 2013). He is an Editor of Children's Geographies journal and Chair of the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). He teaches undergraduate modules on social and cultural geography, spaces of identity, and nature/culture/country. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |