Books by David (University of Leeds Bell

Mapping Desire explores the places and spaces of sexuality in contemporary culture. A wide range of contributors bring a wealth of approaches to the ways in which the spaces of sex and sexes of space are being mapped out in everyday life.

This collection of essays focuses on contemporary issues in city cultures and urban politics. The chapters range from discussions of the city in works of fiction to critiques of urban politics and explorations of the experiences of being in the city.

Surveys a 'cluster' of works that seek to explore the cultures of cyberspace, the Internet and the information society. This work introduces ideas, and includes a discussion of the work of two thinkers in this area, Manuel Castells and Donna Haraway. It also includes topics such as: life on the screen; network society; cyborg methods; and more.

The 'cultural turn' has brought identity politics and issues of consumption to the fore in geography . By exploring geographies of food consumption, Bell and Valentine examine how we all think place and identity through food. We are where we eat.

A companion volume to The Cybercultures Reader, An Introduction to Cyberculture introduces students to all the major themes and concepts in this rapidly-growing field.

Drawing together research from an international team of contributors, this book provides a systematic overview of small cities. Centering on urban change as opposed to pure ethnographic description, it focuses on informed empirical research that raises many important issues.