Ebook: Maps of Meaning: an Introduction to Cultural Geography

This innovative book marks a significant departure from tradition anlayses of the evolution of cultural landscapes and the interpretation of past environments. Maps of Meaning proposes a new agenda for cultural geography, one set squarely in the context of contemporary social and cultural theory. Notions of place and space are explored through the study of elite and popular cultures, gender and sexuality, race, language and ideology. Questioning the ways in which we invest the world with meaning, the book is an introduction to both culture's geographies and the geography of culture.;Cover -- MAPS OF MEANING -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: maps of meaning -- An introduction to cultural studies -- Cultural politics and the politics of culture -- Notes -- 1 The heritage of cultural geography -- The 'Berkeley School' and its legacy -- The cultural landscape -- Culture history and human agency -- Cultural anthropology: Boas, Lowie, and Kroeber -- The super-organic approach to culture -- Cultural geography and the new humanism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 Problems and alternatives.