Geographies of ResistanceMichael Keith, Steven Pile Routledge, 2013 M12 19 - 336 pages 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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State violence local resistance and the national question in Nigeria | 33 |
Theory and practice in Nepals Revolution of 1990 | 68 |
Ground for struggle and the politics of place | 87 |
Sex money and the uneasy politics of third space | 107 |
Resistance expressive embodiment and dance | 124 |
The curious case of ACT UP Vancouver | 152 |
Gay judges and moral panic in contemporary scotland | 168 |
The secret geographies of postcolonial Australia | 203 |
11 Identity Authenticity and Memorv in PlaceTime | 219 |
12 Local Cultures and Urban Protests | 236 |
Questions of borders and resistance in global times | 258 |
A changing space and a time for change | 277 |
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The space and the resistance of some community arts projects | 184 |
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