Geographies of Resistance [Paperback]

Michael Keith (Editor), Steven Pile (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0415154979 | ISBN-13: 978-0415154970

Until very recently questions of resistance seemed straightforward, addressed in terms of an analysis of power.
This book demonstrates how new, radical geographies of resistance emerge, develop and operate. Radical cultural politics, exemplified by the black, feminist and gay liberation, has developed struggles to turn sites of oppression and discrimination into spaces of resistance. Post-colonial and queer theory have opened up new political spaces. Whether resistance is an act of transgression (crossing borders), opposition (such as constructing barricades), or everyday endurance (staying in place), these are geographies where space is constitutive of the social. Leading contemporary geographers draw on material from around the world, including Israel, Nepal, Canada, Philippines, Australia and Nigeria. Recasting current themes in critical human geography - politics, identity and place - the contributors introduce unexplored notions of resistance, offering exciting insights for those exploring social, cultural, urban, political and development issues in different worlds of change.

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About the Author

Steve Pile is a Lecturer in the Division of Social Sciences, Open University. He is the co-editor of Place and the Politics of Identity and Mapping the Subject, both published by Routledge. Michael Keith is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Goldsmiths' College, University of London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (June 27, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415154979
• ISBN-13: 978-0415154970
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,007,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Protest Isn't Confined to the American '60s, October 28, 1997

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This review is from: Geographies of Resistance (Paperback)

While many are discontent with current affairs, few are anxious for action. Perhaps the climate of the 1960s has left a sour taste in the mouths of many Americans, but Pile & Keith's anthology represents strategies for resistance for the new millenium. Crossing transglobal boundaries, this book points to empirical examples of successful protests, and it suggests methods of future resistance for numerous situations. Grounded in the geographical perspective of power, Pile & Keith's book offers a positive and optimistic lens for seeing how territorial and spatial relations can provide grounds for negotiating resistance in contemporary cultural relations.