Space, Place, and Violence: Violence and the Embodied Geographies of Race, Sex, and Gender Contributor(s): Tyner, James A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415880858 ISBN-13: 9780415880855 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 303.6 |
LCCN: 2011015652 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Direct, interpersonal violence is a pervasive, yet often mundane feature of our day-to-day lives; paradoxically, violence is both ordinary and extraordinary. Violence, in other words, is often hidden in plain sight. Space, Place, and Violence seeks to uncover that which is too apparent: to critically question both violent geographies and the geographies of violence. With a focus on direct violence, this book situates violent acts within the context of broader political and structural conditions. Violence, it is argued, is both a social and spatial practice. Adopting a geographic perspective, Space, Place, and Violence provides a critical reading of how violence takes place and also produces place. Specifically, four spatial vignettes - home, school, streets, and community - are introduced, designed so that students may think critically how 'race', sex, gender, and class inform violent geographies and geographies of violence. |