Spaces of Postmodernity

By Michael J. Dear

Book Overview

This Reader recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. The editors have brought together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Through these, and their connecting narratives, the editors engage what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography's recent history.

Recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography.
Brings together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965.
Engages with what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography's recent history.
Eraces the shift in human geography from a plethora of pre-postmodern paradigms to the emergence of a postmodern consciousness.
Outlines an agenda for a postmodern human geographical theory and practice that sympathetically intersects with feminism, postcolonialism, cultural studies, and environmentalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631217827
• ISBN13: 9780631217824
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.7"