This volume traces the complexity of social geography in both itshistorical and present contexts, whilst challenging readers toreflect critically on the tensions that run through socialgeographic thought.* Organized to provide a new set of conceptual lenses throughwhich social geographies can be discussed* Presents an original intervention into the debates about socialgeography* Highlights the importance of social geography within thebroader field of geography

List of Illustrations viiiList of Contributors ix1 Introduction 1Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., Mary E. Thomas, Paul Cloke, and Ruth PanelliPart I Ontological Tensions in/of Society and Space 11Introduction 11Paul Cloke2 Difference 17Sarah de Leeuw, Audrey Kobayashi, and Emilie Cameron3 Identifi cation 37Katharine McKinnon4 Social Natures 55Katharine Meehan and Jennifer L. Rice5 Economie$ 72Geoff Mann6 Community 91Marcia England7 Belonging 108Caroline NagelPart II Thinking and Doing Social Geographies 125Introduction 125Vincent J. Del Casino Jr.8 Knowing/Doing 131Richard Howitt9 Framing the Field 146Joanne Sharp and Lorraine Dowler10 On the Ground 161Bettina van Hoven and Louise Meijering11 Leaving the Field 181Carolyn Gallaher12 The Worldly Work of Writing Social Geography 198Lieba Faier13 Participatory Praxis and Social Justice 214mrs c kinpaisby-hill14 Using Social Geography 235Sarah JohnsenPart III Matters and Meaning 251Introduction 252Mary E. Thomas15 Molecular Life 257Gail Davies16 Psychic Life 275Hester Parr and Joyce Davidson17 Sexual Life 293Gavin Brown, Kath Browne, and Jason Lim18 Emotional Life 309Deborah Thien19 Affective Life 326Keith Woodward20 Embodied Life 346Isabel Dyck21 Discursive Life 362Chris Philo22 Spiritual Life 385Julian Holloway23 Virtual Life 401Mike CrangPart IV Power and Politics 417Introduction 417Ruth Panelli24 Geopolitics 421Nancy Hiemstra and Alison Mountz25 The Geographies of Marginalization 437Dan Trudeau and Chris McMorran26 Care and Caring 454David Conradson27 The Challenges of and from Indigenous Geographies 472Brad Coombes, Nicole Gombay, Jay T. Johnson, and Wendy S. Shaw28 Transnational Geographies and Human Rights 490Amy Ross29 Resistance(s) and Collective Social Action 508Paul Chatterton and Nik HeynenIndex 526