Social Geography: A Critical Introduction (Critical Introductions to Geography) - Hardcover

Del Casino Jr., Vincent J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405154993 ISBN 13: 9781405154994

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

Introducing the debates that inform current social geographic research and theory and interrogating the historical development of social geography, Social Geography: A Critical Introduction explores how urban and rural spaces are organized in ways that construct and maintain social inequality. * Puts into context the assumptions of various strains of social geographic thought as they have developed historically* Assists students in addressing key social geographic questions and methodologies* Provides a showcase for cutting edge work in the field* Is written in an accessible and lively style, setting out a wide breadth of social geographic research

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Review:

"By not taking the well-trodden route of segmenting discussions of social geographies of gender, race, age, sex and so on, Del Casino is breaking the mould. He is offering something far superior ... [and] very accessible and student friendly." (Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2012)

From the Back Cover:

The study of inequalities is the cornerstone of social geographic research. Social Geography explores how urban and rural spaces are organized in ways that construct and maintain social inequality.

Social geographies of difference are introduced with an emphasis on critical human geographic inquiry. These stem from feminist, Marxist, postcolonial, and poststructuralist concerns, with a key focus on how differences become fixed, naturalized parts of everyday experience. The book cuts across various approaches to see how new subjectivities emerge over time. A global perspective is maintained throughout, drawing on experiences, theories, and ideas from the global north and global south.

Expanding on the debates that inform current social geographic research and theory and interrogating the historical development of social geography, this introductory text provides an analytic framework for theorizing difference in its myriad forms.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1405154993
• ISBN 13: 9781405154994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336