A Companion to Cultural Geography brings together original contributions from 35 distinguished international scholars to provide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential field of study. Provides accessible overviews of key themes, debates and controversies from a variety of historical and theoretical vantage points Charts significant changes in cultural geography in the twentieth century as well as the principal approaches that currently animate work in the field A valuable resource not just for geographers but also those working in allied fields who wish to get a clear understanding of the contribution geography is making to cross-disciplinary debates

A Companion to Cultural Geography brings together originalcontributions from 35 distinguished international scholars toprovide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential fieldof study.* Provides accessible overviews of key themes, debates andcontroversies from a variety of historical and theoretical vantagepoints* Charts significant changes in cultural geography in thetwentieth century as well as the principal approaches thatcurrently animate work in the field* A valuable resource not just for geographers but also thoseworking in allied fields who wish to get a clear understanding ofthe contribution geography is making to cross-disciplinarydebates

Notes on Contributors viiiList of Figures and Tables xiii1 Introduction 1James S. Duncan, Nuala C. Johnson, and Richard H. ScheinPart I Introducing Cultural Geographies 92 Cultural Traditions 11Richard H. Schein3 Cultural Turns 24Heidi Scott4 A Critique of the Cultural Turn 38Clive BarnettPart II Theoretical Intersections 495 Historical Materialism and Marxism 51Don Mitchell6 Feminisms 66Joanne Sharp7 Poststructuralism 79Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones III8 Psychoanalytic Approaches 108Paul Kingsbury9 Performance and Performativity: A Geography of Unknown Lands 121Nigel ThriftPart III Nature/Culture 13710 Cultures of Science 139David N. Livingstone11 Nature and Culture: On the Career of a False Problem 151Bruce Braun12 Cultural Ecology 180Paul Robbins13 Environmental History 194Gerry Kearns14 Ethics and the Human Environment 209Jonathan M. SmithPart IV Culture And Identity 22115 Nationalism 223John Agnew16 Critical 'Race' Approaches to Cultural Geography 238Audrey Kobayashi17 Social Class 250Nancy Duncan and Stephen Legg18 Sexuality 265Richard Phillips19 The Body 279Michael Landzelius20 Consumption 298James Kneale and Claire Dwyer21 Public Memory 316Nuala C. JohnsonPart V Landscapes 32922 Economic Landscapes 331Susan Roberts23 Political Landscapes 347Karen E. Till24 Religious Landscapes 365Lily Kong25 Landscapes of Home 382James S. Duncan and David Lambert26 Landscapes of Childhood and Youth 404Elizabeth A. Gagen27 Landscape in Film 420Robert Shannan Peckham28 Landscape and Art 430Stephen DanielsPart VI Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 44729 Imperial Geographies 449Daniel Clayton30 Postcolonial Geographies 469James R. Ryan31 Diaspora 485Carl Dahlman32 Transnationalism 499Cheryl McEwanIndex 513