Social Geographies | From Difference to Action

Ruth Panelli (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0761968946 / ISBN 13: 9780761968948

Published by Sage Publications UK, 2003

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Social Geographies | From Difference to Action | Ruth Panelli (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2003 | Sage Publications UK | EAN 9780761968948 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Geographies | From Difference to Action
• Publisher: Sage Publications UK
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761968946
• ISBN 13: 9780761968948
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 17D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 532 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

How do we describe ourselves?

Where have we, do we, will we, live our lives?

Why are the differences between people a source of tension?

How can social change occur?

Social geography can assist in addressing these questions. It provides ways of understanding and living in our contemporary world.

Providing students with the resources to understand both the theoretical and empirical approaches social geographers take when investigating social difference, this text outlines key theoretical approaches and traces the core geographies of difference: class, gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality. It concludes by showing how geographers work across these ideas of difference to understand questions of identity, power and action.

Using illustrative examples from around the world, Social Geographies includes:

- Individual chapters on the main theoretical approaches to difference

- Individual chapters on the key concepts of identity, power and action

- Reviews of the core literature, with suggestions for further reading

- Biographies of key contemporary social geographers

- Glossary of key terms

For students beginning human geography courses, or in social geography modules, this book is the essential primer.

About the Author

Ruth Panelli is in the Department of Geography, University College London