Synopses & Reviews
Doing Cultural Geography is an introduction to cultural geography that integrates theoretical discussion with applied examples. The emphasis throughout is on doing. Recognizing 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 emphasizes what can be done with humanist, Marxist, poststructuralist, feminist, and postcolonial theory, demonstrating that this is the best way to prompt students to engage with the otherwise daunting theoretical literature.
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This introduction to cultural geography integrates theoretical discussion with applied examples. The book emphasizes what can be done with humanist, Marxist, post-structuralist, feminist, and post-colonial theory, prompting students to engage with the otherwise daunting theoretical literature. It is intercut with questions, suggestions for activities and short sample extracts from scholarly texts, and will be essential reading for students in modules in cultural geography and foundation courses in human geography and theory and methods.
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A new series from SAGE PublicationsWritten with reference to the Geography Benchmark Statement, Doing Cultural Geography emphasises active learning, and so will invite students to ask questions, look for the appropriate methods to answer those questions, and decide on the most effective way of representing the findings.
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DOING CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY Edited by PAMELA SHURMER-SMITH, University of Portsmouth Doing Cultural Geography is an introduction to cultural geography that integrates theoretical discussion with applied examples: the emphasis throughout is on doing geography. Recognising that many undergraduates have difficulty with both theory and methods courses, the text explains the theory informing cultural geography and encourages students to engage directly with theory in practice. It emphasises what can be done with humanist, Marxist, poststructuralist, feminist, and postcolonial theory, showing that this is the most effective way to engage with the theoretical literature. Twenty short chapters are organized in sections on theory, topic selection, methodology, interpretation, and presentation. The text is punctuated throughout with questions, suggestions for activities, and short sample extracts from the academic literature, 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 be used in project work - from seminar-based activities to the planning stages of undergraduate research projects. It will be essential reading for students in modules in cultural geography, foundation courses in human geography, as well as theory and methods modules. Features and Benefits: most pedagogically informed teaching text on cultural geography available integrates theory with practice
Table of Contents
The trouble with theory /Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Humanistic and behavioural geography /Carol Ekinsmyth,Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Marx and after /Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Postculturalist cultural geography /Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Feminist cultural geography /Carol Ekinsmyth --Postcolonial geographies /Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Selecting topics for study /Katy Bennett,Carol Ekinsmyth,Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Methods and methodology /Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Extensive methods: using secondary data /Tim Brown --Using archives /Kevin Hannam --Reading texts /Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Participant observation /Katy Bennett --Interviews and focus groups /Katy Bennett --Field observation: looking at Paris /Louis Shurmer-Smith,Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Feminist methodology /Carol Ekinsmyth --Coping with archival and textual data /Kevin Hannam --Handling case studies /Katy Bennett,Pamela Shurmer-Smith --Representation of research: creating a text /Katy Bennett,Pamela Shurmer-Smith.