Doing Cultural Geography

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Doing Cultural Geography is an introduction to cultural geography that integrates theoretical discussion with applied examples. The emphasis throughout is on doing. Recognising that many undergraduates have difficulty with both theory and methods courses, the text demystifies the 'theory' informing cultural geography and encourages students to engage directly with theory in practice. It emphasises what can be done with humanist, Marxist, post-structuralist, feminist, and post-colonial theory, demonstrating that this is the best way to prompt students to engage with the otherwise daunting theoretical literature.

Twenty short chapters are grouped into five sections on Theory, Topic Selection, Methodology, Interpretation and Presentation. The main text is intercut with questions, suggestions for activities and short sample extracts from scholarly texts, chosen to exemplify the subject of the chapter and to stimulate further reading. Chapters conclude with glossaries and suggestions for further reading.

Doing Cultural Geography will facilitate project work from small, classroom-based activities to the planning stages of undergraduate research projects. It will be essential reading for students in modules in cultural geography and foundation courses in human geography and theory and methods.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-12-13
Mått:170 x 242 x 19 mm
Vikt:580 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Doing Geography series
Antal sidor:248
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780761965640

Utforska kategorier

Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

`This is a much-needed introduction to the practice of cultural geography which demystifies the research process and enriches our understanding and experience of the world. Written with conviction and good humour, Doing Cultural Geography is a hands-on guide that students will love, taking them through the various stages of selecting a topic, drawing on different theoretical frameworks to ask rigorous research questions, choosing appropriate methods, putting them into practice, interpreting the results and writing them up. Drawing on the authors′ own research, Doing Cultural Geography is an invitation to take the insights of cultural geography beyond the classroom and to use of experience of everyday life to enrich the research process. It is an invitation that readers will find hard to resist′ - Professor Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Pamela Shurmer-Smith PART ONE: THEORY INTO PRACTICEThe Trouble with Theory - Pamela Shurmer-SmithHumanistic and Behaviouralist Geography - Carol Ekinsmyth and Pamela Shurmer-SmithMarx and After - Pamela Shurmer-SmithPoststructuralist Cultural Geography - Pamela Shurmer-SmithFeminist Cultural Geography - Carol EkinsmythPostcolonial Geographies - Pamela Shurmer-SmithPART TWO: DOING ITSelecting Topics for Study - Katy Bennett, Carol Ekinsmyth and Pamela Shurmer-SmithMethods and Methodology - Pamela Shurmer-SmithExtensive Methods - Tim BrownUsing Secondary DataUsing Archives - Kevin HannamReading Texts - Pamela Shurmer-SmithParticipant Observation - Katy BennettInterviews and Focus Groups - Katy BennettField Observation - Louis Shurmer-Smith and Pamela Shurmer-SmithLooking at ParisFeminist Methodology - Carol EkinsmythPART THREE: MAKING SENSECoping with Archival and Textual Data - Kevin HannamHandling Case Studies - Katy Bennett and Pamela Shurmer-SmithRepresentation of Research - Katy Bennett and Pamela Shurmer-SmithCreating a TextConcluding Thoughts - Pamela Shurmer-Smith