Vincent Del Casino & Mary Thomas 
A Companion to Social Geography [EPUB ebook] 

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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

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List of Illustrations viii
List of Contributors ix
1 Introduction 1
Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., Mary E. Thomas, Paul Cloke, and Ruth Panelli
Part I Ontological Tensions in/of Society and Space 11
Introduction 11
Paul Cloke
2 Difference 17
Sarah de Leeuw, Audrey Kobayashi, and Emilie Cameron
3 Identifi cation 37
Katharine Mc Kinnon
4 Social Natures 55
Katharine Meehan and Jennifer L. Rice
5 Economie$ 72
Geoff Mann
6 Community 91
Marcia England
7 Belonging 108
Caroline Nagel
Part II Thinking and Doing Social Geographies 125
Introduction 125
Vincent J. Del Casino Jr.
8 Knowing/Doing 131
Richard Howitt
9 Framing the Field 146
Joanne Sharp and Lorraine Dowler
10 On the Ground 161
Bettina van Hoven and Louise Meijering
11 Leaving the Field 181
Carolyn Gallaher
12 The Worldly Work of Writing Social Geography 198
Lieba Faier
13 Participatory Praxis and Social Justice 214
mrs c kinpaisby-hill
14 Using Social Geography 235
Sarah Johnsen
Part III Matters and Meaning 251
Introduction 252
Mary E. Thomas
15 Molecular Life 257
Gail Davies
16 Psychic Life 275
Hester Parr and Joyce Davidson
17 Sexual Life 293
Gavin Brown, Kath Browne, and Jason Lim
18 Emotional Life 309
Deborah Thien
19 Affective Life 326
Keith Woodward
20 Embodied Life 346
Isabel Dyck
21 Discursive Life 362
Chris Philo
22 Spiritual Life 385
Julian Holloway
23 Virtual Life 401
Mike Crang
Part IV Power and Politics 417
Introduction 417
Ruth Panelli
24 Geopolitics 421
Nancy Hiemstra and Alison Mountz
25 The Geographies of Marginalization 437
Dan Trudeau and Chris Mc Morran
26 Care and Caring 454
David Conradson
27 The Challenges of and from Indigenous Geographies 472
Brad Coombes, Nicole Gombay, Jay T. Johnson, and Wendy S. Shaw
28 Transnational Geographies and Human Rights 490
Amy Ross
29 Resistance(s) and Collective Social Action 508
Paul Chatterton and Nik Heynen
Index 526

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THE EDITORS
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).

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