Companion to Cultural Geography

A Companion to Cultural Geography brings together original contributions from 40 distinguished international scholars to provide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential field of study. The volume starts by charting the most significant changes in cultural geography in the twentieth century before going on to introduce the principal approaches animating work in the field today. These theoretical approaches are then grounded in a series of essays on the major thematic areas to which cultural geographers have contributed ---nature, identity, landscape, colonialism, and post-colonialism. The Companion will be a valuable resource not just for geographers but also for those working in allied fields who seek a clear understanding of the contribution that geography is making to cross-disciplinary debates.

Notes on Contributors List of Figures and Tables1. Introduction (James S. Duncan, Nuala C. Johnson, Richard H. Schein)Part I: Introducing Cultural Geographies:2. Cultural Traditions (Richard H. Schein) 3. Cultural Turns (Heidi Scott) 4. A Critique of the Cultural Turn (Clive Barnett) Part II: Theoretical Intersections:5. Historical Materialism and Marxism (Don Mitchell) 6. Feminisms (Joanne Sharp) 7. Post-structuralism (Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones III)8. Psychoanalytical Approaches (Paul Kingsbury) 9. Performativity: A Geography of Unknown Lands (Nigel Thrift) Part III: Nature/Culture:10. Cultures of Science (David N. Livingstone) 11. Nature and Culture: On the Career of a False Problem (Bruce Braun)12. Cultural Ecology (Paul Robbins) 13. Environmental History (Gerry Kearns) 14. Ethics and the Human Environment (Jonathan M. Smith)Part IV: Culture and Identity:15. Nationalism (John Agnew) 16. Critical 'Race' Approaches to Cultural Geography (Audrey Kobayashi)17. Social Class (Nancy Duncan and Steven Legg) 18. Sexuality (Richard Phillips) 19. The Body (Michael Landzelius)20. Consumption (Claire Dwyer and James Kneale)21. Public Memory (Nuala C. Johnson) Part V: Landscapes22. Economic Landscapes (Susan Roberts)23. Political Landscapes (Karen E. Till) 24. Religion and Landscape (Lilly Kong) 25. Landscapes of Home (James S. Duncan and David Lambert) 26. Landscapes of Childhood and Youth (Elizabeth A. Gagen) 27. Landscape in Film (Robert Shannan Peckham)28. Landscape and Art (Stephen Daniels) Part VI: Colonial and Post-Colonial Geographies29. Imperial Geographies (Daniel Clayton)30. Post-colonial Geographies (James R. Ryan) 31. Diaspora (Carl Dahlman)32. Transnationalism (Cheryl McEwan) Index