Geographies of Resistance

by Michael Keith (Editor), Michael Keith (Editor)

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.

330 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 1997

Reviews

[Malcolm · Rating 3 out of 5]

A valuable and uneven collection of papers - as with anything this multi-disciplinary there will be things that resonate better than others and most deal with localised and specific moments of resistance: I have a soft spot for the two papers that deal with artistic practices, although the several that deal with organised social movements are more aligned with my work those two art-activity linked papers have a stonger resonance.

[Delaram · Rating 4 out of 5]

A valuable collection of studies on domination/resistance and space. I couldn't really understand Thrift's view point on performative resistance of dance.