Introduction to Cultural Geography

A Critical Approach
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-118-72352-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm

Reihe: Critical Introductions to Geography

Introduction to Cultural Geography makes the case for why thinking geographically about culture matters. Across its chapters, the book examines how cultural geographers have approached the relationship between geography and culture through topics from house floor plans and international migration to colonialism and digital geographies.

The book’s first section develops a conceptual framework for studying cultural geography and its key concepts. From there, its chapters look at how and where people make and claim place across four spheres of our everyday lives: dwelling, moving, working, and playing. The book’s final section addresses debates around materialities, assemblages, and artificial intelligence. Each chapter pairs theoretical engagement with concrete examples that enable readers to apply key concepts to the world around them.

Introduction to Cultural Geography: - Features topics that resonate with students today, including artificial intelligence, social media, and contemporary cultural politics
- Presents complex ideas, theories and concepts in an accessible form

- Covers a wide range of themes such as tourism, memory and heritage, social movements, and pop culture with both historical and contemporary case studies

Written with multiple audiences in mind, Introduction to Cultural Geography is a great resource for instructors and scholars seeking a current survey of theoretical debates and a compelling way to help students understand the world around them. Written for both students who are new to cultural geography and scholars already familiar with the field, this book is an essential read for all human geographers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winders, Jamie

Cullen, Declan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

SECTION I: FRAMING CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 1 – What is Geography?

Chapter 2 – What is Cultural Geography?

Chapter 3 – Identity

Chapter 4 – History and Memory

Chapter 5 – Borders

SECTION II: MAKING CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES

Chapter 6 – Dwelling

Chapter 7 – Moving

Chapter 8 – Working

Chapter 9 – Playing

SECTION III: STUDYING CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES

Chapter 10 – Making sense of the world

Chapter 11 – Things

Chapter 12 – Digital geographies

Chapter 13 – Social movements

Chapter 14 – Assemblages

Chapter 15 - Futures

Über Autor(innen)

Declan Cullen, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at George Washington University. His research focuses on digital platforms, labor, and urban politics, as well as geographies of colonial development. He is a co-author of Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City. He holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University.

Jamie Winders, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. She is recognized for scholarly work on international migration, racial politics, labor dynamics, social reproduction, and artificial intelligence. She served as editor-in-chief of International Migration Review and is an associate editor of Cultural Geographies. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky.