{"product_id":"postmodern-geography-isbn-9780631225607","title":"Postmodern Geography","description":"This edited collection brings together some of the most authoritative voices in contemporary debates in geography: Michael Dear, Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Cindy Katz, Don Mitchell, Gunnar Olsson, Neil Smith and Edward Soja to address the question of 'praxis' within broader discussions\u003cbr\u003e of the postmodern in geography.  Preface. (Claudio Minca). \u003cp\u003e1. The Post Modern Turn. (Michael Dear).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Exploring the Postmetropolis. (Edward W. Soja).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Postmodern Geographical Praxis? Postmodern Impulse and the War against Homeless People in the \"Post-Justice\" City. (Don Mitchell).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Hiding the Target: Social Reproduction in the Privatized Urban Environment. (Cindi Katz).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Scales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Shifting Cities. (Giuseppe Dematteis).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Adventures of a Barong: A Worm's-Eye View of Global Formation. (Steven Flusty).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Rescaling Politics: Geography, Globalism and the New Urbanism. (Neil Smith).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Mappings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Millenial Geographics. (Denis Cosgrove and Luciana De Lima Martins).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Postmodern Temptations. (Claudio Minca).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Paradoxes of Modern and Postmodern Geography: Heterotopia of Landscape and Cartographic Logic. (Vincenzo Guarrasi).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Mapping the Global, or the Metaquantum Economics of Myth. (Franco Farinelli) 12. Washed in a Washing Machine™. (Gunnar Olsson).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword. (Edward W. Soja).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"A fine collection documenting the twists and turns of the debates on postmodernism in geography and urban studies. False god or saviour? You will find both views here. You will also find many fascinating intellectual moments - and not a little controversy.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This impressive anthology brings together the warring factions of American geographical theory - Marxism versus Postmodernism. Key figures of the Italian geographical tradition contribute a bold initiative to move geographical debates into line with current scientific standards. Their work, rarely available in English, is a 'must read' for those concerned with the representation of global flows and with cartographic practice.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Rob Shields, Carleton University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What is perhaps genuinely new about the book is its introduction of a number of Italian geographers' 'takes' on the topic, including Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Vincenzo Guarrasi and Claudio Minca.\" \u003ci\u003eEric Laurier, University of Glasgow, Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 26\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eClaudio Minca\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in Political and Economic Geography at the University of Venice and teaches an annual course on \"Postmodern Cities and Spaces\" at Venice International University. He has written widely on geographical representations and the postmodern turn in geography and is the author of \u003ci\u003eSpazi Effimeri\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eIntroduzione alla Geografia Postmoderna\u003c\/i\u003e (2001).  \u003ci\u003ePostmodern Geography: Theory and Praxis\u003c\/i\u003e focuses upon one of the key themes which have served to shape disciplinary debates in geography over the past decade: the role of postmodernity and postmodern interpretations in reconfiguring our ways of framing social enquiry and our readings of space. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edited collection presents numerous perspectives on the implications of the postmodern turn for the praxis of geography. The contributors engage in debate about the epistemological bases of possible new geographical praxes - \"other\" possible ways of \"doing geography\" - while also querying the implications of postmodern approaches for geography and geographers' political role.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to the Volume:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDenis Cosgrove, Michael Dear, Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Steven Flusty, Vincenzo Guarrasi, Cindi Katz, Luciana L. 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