Books in the Critical Geographies series

This book explores sexualities and sexual experiences in a variety of rural and marginal spaces, with contributions from a wide range of disciplines.

This book traces some of the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up.

Exploring diverse aspects of leisure and tourism, this book presents an exciting mix of attitudes and ideas ranging from the methodologies behind leisure practices to detailed case studies which include Disneyland Parisand leisure in cyberspace

Mind and Body Spaces highlights new international research from Britain, USA, Canada and Australia on bodily impairment, mental health and disabling social worlds

This book is an overview of a rapidly expanding area of cutting edge research. Drawing on original research and extensive case studies from around the world, it analyses children's experiences of playing, living and learning.

Exploring diverse aspects of leisure and tourism, this book presents an exciting mix of attitudes and ideas ranging from the methodologies behind leisure practices to detailed case studies which include Disneyland Parisand leisure in cyberspace

Highlights international research from Britain, USA, Canada and Australia on bodily impairment, mental health and disabling social worlds.

Offering an informative and intimate insight into the world of clubbing and the experiences of clubbers, this book presents a clear academic framework for study in this field.

Embodied Geographies provides an account of different types of life moments and stages which can contribute to forging our identities.

Embodied Geographies presents how life crises develop our identities and affect how we live our lives. Several types of life moments and stages are presented, which play roles as to how we create who we are.

Drawing on a variety of geographical research projects, the central concern of this book is to highlight the significance of research about masculinity in sociological and geographical work dealing with constructions of gender.

Thinking Space looks at a range of social theorists and asks what role space plays in their work, what difference (if any) it makes to their concepts, and what difference such an appreciation makes to the way we might think about space.

This book introduces students to the key concepts and debates surrounding the relationship between bodily boundaries, abject materiality and spaces. It uses interviews, focus group data and case studies and will critically engage the students.

This work traces some of the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up.

Timespace argues that the old dimensions of time and space do not exist singly, but only as a hybrid process term. the contributors introduce the concepts of time and space together, across a range of disciplines.

Geopolitical Traditions brings together scholars working in a variety of disciplines and locations in order to explore a hundred years of geopolitical thought.

This book explores sexualities and sexual experiences in a variety of rural and marginal spaces, with contributions from a wide range of disciplines.

Throughout the western world there is an increasing pluralism in healthcare practices and perceptions of health itself. This study reviews the current and contested nature of medical/health geography and the place of the "cultural turn" in this trend.

Timespace argues that the old dimensions of time and space do not exist singly, but only as a hybrid process term. the contributors introduce the concepts of time and space together, across a range of disciplines.

Sound Tracks traces the relationships between music, space and identity from inner city 'scenes' to the music of nations, to give a wide-ranging perspective on popular music.

This book is an overview of a rapidly expanding area of cutting edge research. Drawing on original research and extensive case studies from around the world, it analyses children's experiences of playing, living and learning.

This book explores the variations on the human-animal spatial orderings. It develops new ways of thinking about human animal interactions and encourges us to find new ways for humans and animals to live together.

Cartier and Lew's informative book explores contemporary issues in travel and tourism and human geography, and the complex cultural, political, and economic activities at stake in touristed landscapes as a result of globalization.