Understanding cultural geography

places and traces

Understanding Cultural Geography: Places and Traces offers a comprehensive introduction to perhaps the most exciting and challenging area of human geography. By focusing on the notion of ' place' as a key means through which culture and identity is grounded, the book showcases the broad range of theories, methods and practices used within the discipline. This book not only introduces the reader to the rich and complex history of cultural geography, but also the key terms on which the discipline is built. From these insights, the..

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Section One: Introducing Cultural Geography 1. Introduction. Section Two. Cultural Geography then and now: the History of the Discipline 2.The History of Cultural Geography. 3. Branching out: Twenty-first century Developments in the Family Tree of Cultural Geography Section Three: Place Power 4. Knowing (your) Place. 5. Taking and Making Place: the Stuff of Power. 6. Senses of Place: Scales and Beliefs. Section Four: Money, Movement and the More-than-Human. 7. Place and Capitalism: Global, Corporate, and Anti- Capitalisms. 8. Place and Mobility 9. Place and Nature Section Five: Culture and Identity 10. The Place of Race and Ethnicity 11. Place and Youth 12. Place and Language.13. Place and the Body Section Six: Doing Cultural Geography 14. Doing Cultural Geography in Practice Section Seven: Conclusions. 15. A Cultural Geography Approach to Place

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