Introduction to Cultural Geography: A Critical App roach

Introduction to Cultural Geography presents a comprehensive foundation to key themes and major theoretical developments relating to the spatial aspects of human culture. Drawing on material from the social sciences and humanities, cultural geography’s relevance becomes apparent for a better understanding of today's world—and our own lives. Readers will find theoretical and conceptual discussions, contextualization within cultural geography and related disciplines, and illustrative case studies to engage and facilitate a clearer understanding of each topic explored. A number of themes are explored from the role of social media in the production of cultural geographies and cultural politics to the intertwining of spaces of work and leisure, practices of production and social reproduction, in the world around us. Initial chapters develop a conceptual framework for studying cultural geography, followed by coverage of how and where people make and claim place around the world. A final series of chapters addresses key topics in cultural geography, such as cultural formations and diffusion, from newer empirical perspectives. Offering illuminating insights into culture, spaces, and places, Introduction to Cultural Geography reveals the important role of landscape as a shaper and repository of cultural meaning in the world around us.