Postmodern Geography

Claudio Minca is Associate Professor in Political and Economic Geography at the University of Venice and teaches an annual course on "Postmodern Cities and Spaces" at Venice International University. He has written widely on geographical representations and the postmodern turn in geography and is the author of Spazi Effimeri (1996) and the editor of Introduzione alla Geografia Postmoderna (2001).

"A fine collection documenting the twists and turns of the debates on postmodernism in geography and urban studies. False god or saviour? You will find both views here. You will also find many fascinating intellectual moments - and not a little controversy." Professor Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol"This impressive anthology brings together the warring factions of American geographical theory - Marxism versus Postmodernism. Key figures of the Italian geographical tradition contribute a bold initiative to move geographical debates into line with current scientific standards. Their work, rarely available in English, is a 'must read' for those concerned with the representation of global flows and with cartographic practice." Professor Rob Shields, Carleton University "What is perhaps genuinely new about the book is its introduction of a number of Italian geographers' 'takes' on the topic, including Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Vincenzo Guarrasi and Claudio Minca." Eric Laurier, University of Glasgow, Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 26

• Preface. (Claudio Minca). 1. The Post Modern Turn. (Michael Dear).Part I: Cities.2. Exploring the Postmetropolis. (Edward W. Soja).3. Postmodern Geographical Praxis? Postmodern Impulse and the War against Homeless People in the "Post-Justice" City. (Don Mitchell).4. Hiding the Target: Social Reproduction in the Privatized Urban Environment. (Cindi Katz).Part II: Scales.5. Shifting Cities. (Giuseppe Dematteis).6. Adventures of a Barong: A Worm's-Eye View of Global Formation. (Steven Flusty).7. Rescaling Politics: Geography, Globalism and the New Urbanism. (Neil Smith).Part III: Mappings.8. Millenial Geographics. (Denis Cosgrove and Luciana De Lima Martins).9. Postmodern Temptations. (Claudio Minca).10. Paradoxes of Modern and Postmodern Geography: Heterotopia of Landscape and Cartographic Logic. (Vincenzo Guarrasi).11. Mapping the Global, or the Metaquantum Economics of Myth. (Franco Farinelli) 12. Washed in a Washing Machine™. (Gunnar Olsson).Afterword. (Edward W. Soja).Index.