Transnational Geographers in the United States (eBook)

Navigating Autobiogeographies in a Global Age

Alan P. Marcus (Herausgeber)

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2016
146 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-0949-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume of essays highlights the autobiogeographies of eight selected geographers who are university faculty members and work and reside in the United States. Drawing from various geographical narratives, the contributors explore their trajectories and how they have navigated their personal and professional transnational livelihoods in the United States.

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This volume was written by eight transnational geographers. These narratives comprise a collection of essays as a way to map personal trajectories and experiences which examine the concept of place at the micro-level. Eight transnational geographers convey their professional and personal identities in a global age. By using an approach called, autobiogeography, these narratives will be of interest to geographers and other social science and humanities scholars as well as of interest to the general public. This volume explores the concepts of transnationalism, borders, fragmentation, movement, displacement, space, place and "e;home."e; Drawing from various national, ethnic, and cultural perspectives, the authors write about various important adjustments within contemporary global trends which in turn, reflect ever-changing ways to look at geography, migration processes, and transnationalism. Like other migrants who have left their home, they all left "e;something"e; behind.

Autor

Alan P. Marcus is associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Planning, Towson University.

Inhalt

Preface, Alan P. MarcusIntroduction, Alan P. MarcusChapter 1: Navigating My Autobiogeography: From Brazil to Baltimore, Alan P. MarcusChapter 2: Enjoying the Best of Two Worlds or Torn between Two Places?, Heike AlbertsChapter 3: Traversing Boundaries of Education and Geography: Sketching Stages, Spaces, and Standpoints of Transnational Self, Ibipo Johnston-AnumonwoChapter 4: Mobility, Time, and Home: The Experience of Two Generations of Transnational Chinese Geographers, Shaolu Yu and Wei LiChapter 5: Polish(ing) My Identity, Weronika A. KusekChapter 6: A Transnational Life Revisited, Stavros T. ConstantinouChapter 7: The Urban Geography of my Canadian Identity, Heather Smith

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.7.2016
• Co-Autor: Heike Alberts, Stavros T. Constantinou, Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo, Weronika A. Kusek, Wei Li, Alan P. Marcus, Heather Smith, Shaolu Yu
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Geography • Human geography • transnationalism
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-0949-5 / 1498509495
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-0949-7 / 9781498509497