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Imagined Regional Communities provides an original approach to
thinking about the processes of regional integration. Focusing
mostly on communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, it
develops detailed case studies based on archives, interviews and
critical readings of existing texts. These case-studies are related
to each other and the overall themes of the book, so that a set of
narratives and theoretical elaborations emerge, that critically
reformulate understandings of regional communities, statehold and
sovereignty.
Imagined Regional Communities provides an original approach to thinking about the processes of regional integration. Focusing mostly on communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, it develops detailed case studies based on archives, interviews and critical readings of existing texts. These case-studies are related to each other and the overall themes of the book, so that a set of narratives and theoretical elaborations emerge, that critically reformulate understandings of regional communities, statehold and sovereignty. eBook available with sample pages: 0203201760
Death is at once a universal and everyday, but also an
extraordinary experience in the lives of those affected. Death and
bereavement are thereby intensified at (and frequently contained
within) certain sites and regulated spaces, such as the hospital,
the cemetery and the mortuary. However, death also affects and
unfolds in many other spaces: the home, public spaces and places of
worship, sites of accident, tragedy and violence. Such spaces, or
Deathscapes, are intensely private and personal places, while often
simultaneously being shared, collective, sites of experience and
remembrance; each place mediated through the intersections of
emotion, body, belief, culture, society and the state. Bringing
together geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, cultural
studies academics and historians among others, this book focuses on
the relationships between space/place and death/ bereavement in
'western' societies. Addressing three broad themes: the place of
death; the place of final disposition; and spaces of remembrance
and representation, the chapters reflect a variety of scales
ranging from the mapping of bereavement on the individual or in
private domestic space, through to sites of accident, battle,
burial, cremation and remembrance in public space. The book also
examines social and cultural changes in death and bereavement
practices, including personalisation and secularisation. Other
social trends are addressed by chapters on green and garden burial,
negotiating emotion in public/ private space, remembrance of
violence and disaster, and virtual space. A meshing of material and
'more-than-representational' approaches consider the nature,
culture, economy and politics of Deathscapes - what are in effect
some of the most significant places in human society.
Death is at once a universal and everyday, but also an
extraordinary experience in the lives of those affected. Death and
bereavement are thereby intensified at (and frequently contained
within) certain sites and regulated spaces, such as the hospital,
the cemetery and the mortuary. However, death also affects and
unfolds in many other spaces: the home, public spaces and places of
worship, sites of accident, tragedy and violence. Such spaces, or
Deathscapes, are intensely private and personal places, while often
simultaneously being shared, collective, sites of experience and
remembrance; each place mediated through the intersections of
emotion, body, belief, culture, society and the state. Bringing
together geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, cultural
studies academics and historians among others, this book focuses on
the relationships between space/place and death/ bereavement in
'western' societies. Addressing three broad themes: the place of
death; the place of final disposition; and spaces of remembrance
and representation, the chapters reflect a variety of scales
ranging from the mapping of bereavement on the individual or in
private domestic space, through to sites of accident, battle,
burial, cremation and remembrance in public space. The book also
examines social and cultural changes in death and bereavement
practices, including personalisation and secularisation. Other
social trends are addressed by chapters on green and garden burial,
negotiating emotion in public/ private space, remembrance of
violence and disaster, and virtual space. A meshing of material and
'more-than-representational' approaches consider the nature,
culture, economy and politics of Deathscapes - what are in effect
some of the most significant places in human society.
Geography and Geographers continues to be the most comprehensive
and up-to-date overview of human geography available. It provides a
survey of the major debates, key thinkers and schools of thought in
the English-speaking world, setting them within the context of
economic, social, cultural, political and intellectual changes. It
is essential reading for all undergraduate geography students. It
draws on a wide reading of the geographical literature and
addresses the ways geography and its history are understood and the
debates among geographers regarding what the discipline should
study and how. This extensively updated seventh edition offers a
thoroughly contemporary perspective on human geography for new and
more experienced students alike.
Geography and Geographers continues to be the most comprehensive
and up-to-date overview of human geography available. It provides a
survey of the major debates, key thinkers and schools of thought in
the English-speaking world, setting them within the context of
economic, social, cultural, political and intellectual changes. It
is essential reading for all undergraduate geography students. It
draws on a wide reading of the geographical literature and
addresses the ways geography and its history are understood and the
debates among geographers regarding what the discipline should
study and how. This extensively updated seventh edition offers a
thoroughly contemporary perspective on human geography for new and
more experienced students alike.
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