Book description
This volume traces the complexity of social geography in both its
historical and present contexts, whilst challenging readers to reflect
critically on the tensions that run through social geographic thought.
- Organized to provide a new set of conceptual lenses through which
social geographies can be discussed
- Presents an original intervention into the debates about social geography
- Highlights the importance of social geography within the broader
field of geography
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 State 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).
