Entanglements of Power: Geographies of Domination and Resistance (Critical Geographies)

Entanglements of Power presents new research from leading academics in the field to explore themes of identity, embodiment, organization, colonialism and political transformation. Each of the fields are examined from historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as some of the more abstract. This is an exciting and challenging account of the contextualizing relationship between domination and resistance within the parameters of geography. BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 2 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 DEDICATION......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 7 ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 9 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 10 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 13 1 ENTANGLEMENTS OF POWER......Page 16 Orthodox accounts I: power equals domination......Page 18 Orthodox accounts II: resistance movements......Page 23 Foucauldian entanglements......Page 26 Disciplinary geographies......Page 27 Governmental geographies......Page 31 The entanglements of power......Page 34 Entangled geographies of power......Page 39 Slipping outside of power?......Page 45 Notes......Page 48 References......Page 51 Domination and resistance in the understanding of Victorian sexuality......Page 58 Cremorne and the Chelsea Dogberries......Page 61 Classic moralism and the ambiguities of resistance......Page 69 Conclusion......Page 77 Notes......Page 78 References......Page 79 3 POWER AS FRIENDSHIP......Page 82 Octavia Hill Women Housing Managers: friendship in housing management......Page 83 Negotiated power and apartheid urban government......Page 88 The spatiality of the surveillant gaze......Page 92 Conclusion: power, freedom and subjectification......Page 100 Acknowledgements......Page 102 Notes and archival sources......Page 103 References......Page 105 Fascism, colonialism and domination......Page 108 Europe and the desert......Page 110 Nomadology......Page 111 Early Italian colonialism in Cyrenaica......Page 114 The Sanussi fraternity......Page 116 Nomad strategies: mobility as resistance?......Page 119 The sottomessi......Page 122 Theorising nomadism: Italian attitudes......Page 124 Confining nomadism......Page 127 Conclusion......Page 131 References......Page 133 5 THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AS SITE FOR CONTESTING GERMAN REUNIFICATION......Page 137 ‘Democratic participation by the citizens is indispensable for a functioning city’: debating neighbourhood change in Leipzig......Page 140 (Dis)entangling the politics of neighbourhood change......Page 149 Conclusion......Page 158 Acknowledgements......Page 159 References......Page 160 6 SPORT AS POWER......Page 163 Sport as power......Page 164 Sport and resistance......Page 167 Kenyan running: being noticed......Page 171 Rootedness and mobility......Page 172 Resistance in the press......Page 174 Note......Page 176 References......Page 177 7 ENTANGLING RESISTANCE, ETHNICITY, GENDER AND NATION IN ECUADOR......Page 179 Indigenous—state relations......Page 181 Unpacking hybridity I: geographies and power......Page 184 Unpacking hybridity II: the space of the body......Page 185 Gendered bodies......Page 187 Hybridity in indigenous eyes......Page 190 Conclusion......Page 191 Notes......Page 193 References......Page 194 8 JAMAICAN YARDIES ON BRITISH TELEVISION......Page 197 ‘Practices of representation’: ‘Regimes of truth’......Page 199 British media dominant representations of black Caribbean people......Page 202 World in Action The Informer......Page 207 Network First Yardies......Page 211 Conclusion......Page 215 Notes......Page 216 References......Page 217 9 ORGANISATIONAL GEOGRAPHIES......Page 219 Organisational geographies of surveillance......Page 220 Organisational geographies of display......Page 225 Organising and governing......Page 228 Conclusion......Page 230 References......Page 231 Powering up the human......Page 234 Causal power and its geometry......Page 235 Relational power and its topologies......Page 237 Association and dissociation......Page 240 Network topologies and suspended sentences......Page 243 Conduct and performance......Page 244 Conclusion: powering down the human......Page 248 Notes......Page 250 References......Page 251 11 ANTI-THIS—AGAINST-THAT......Page 253 The modern constitution......Page 254 Human and non-human relations......Page 258 Human and non-human resistances......Page 260 Intentionality, accommodations and resistances......Page 264 Conclusion......Page 266 Notes......Page 267 References......Page 268 12 FALLING DOWN......Page 271 Social/cultural geography and the romance of resistance......Page 273 Power and invisibility: the fish don’t talk about the water......Page 275 Reconceptualising resistance......Page 278 Resistance (in space) as a diagnostic of power (in space)......Page 280 References......Page 282 13 ENTANGLEMENTS OF POWER......Page 284 Notes......Page 290 References......Page 292 14 ENTANGLEMENTS OF POWER......Page 294 Notes......Page 300 References......Page 301 AUTHOR INDEX......Page 302 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 309 This book argues that practices of resistance cannot be separated from practices of domination, and that they are always entangled in some configuration. They are inextricably linked, such that one always bears at least a trace of the other that contaminates or subverts it. The team of contributors explore themes of identity, embodiment, organisation, colonialism, and political transformation, examining them from historical, contemporary and more abstract perspectives within a wide geographical and cultural spectrum. Case studies include German Reunification; Jamaican Yardies on British Television; Victorian Sexuality and Moralisation in Cremorne Gardens; Ethnicity, Gender and Nation in Ecuador; Sport as Power; the film Falling Down. Entanglements of Power presents an exciting and challenging account of the symbiotic relationship between domination and resistance, and contextualises this within the parameters of geography with a rich body of case-study material and a respected team of contributors. -- Provided by publisher

this Book Argues That Practices Of Resistance Cannot Be Separated From Practices Of Domination, And That They Are Always Entangled In Some Configuration. They Are Inextricably Linked, Such That One Always Bears At Least A Trace Of The Other That Contaminates Or Subverts It.
the Team Of Contributors Explore Themes Of Identity, Embodiment, Organisation, Colonialism, And Political Transformation, Examining Them From Historical, Contemporary And More Abstract Perspectives Within A Wide Geographical And Cultural Spectrum. Case Studies Include German Reunification; Jamaican Yardies On British Television; Victorian Sexuality And Moralisation In Cremorne Gardens; Ethnicity, Gender And Nation In Ecuador; Sport As Power; The Film Falling Down.
entanglements Of Power Presents An Exciting And Challenging Account Of The Symbiotic Relationship Between Domination And Resistance, And Contextualises This Within The Parameters Of Geography With A Rich Body Of Case-study Material And A Respected Team Of Contributors.

This book argues that practices of resistance cannot be separated from practices of domination, and that they are always entangled in some configuration. They are inextricably linked, such that one always bears at least a trace of the other that contaminates or subverts it.
The team of contributors explore themes of identity, embodiment, organisation, colonialism, and political transformation, examining them from historical, contemporary and more abstract perspectives within a wide geographical and cultural spectrum. Case studies include German Reunification; Jamaican Yardies on British Television; Victorian Sexuality and Moralisation in Cremorne Gardens; Ethnicity, Gender and Nation in Ecuador; Sport as Power; the film Falling Down.
Entanglements of Power presents an exciting and challenging account of the symbiotic relationship between domination and resistance, and contextualises this within the parameters of geography with a rich body of case-study material and a respected team of contributors.

Annotation This book argues that practices of resistance cannot be separated from practices of domination, and that they are always entangled in some configuration. They are inextricably linked, such that one always bears at least a trace of the other that contaminates or subverts it. The team of contributors explore themes of identity, embodiment, organisation, colonialism, and political transformation, examining them from historical, contemporary and more abstract perspectives within a wide geographical and cultural spectrum. Case studies include German Reunification; Jamaican Yardies on British Television; Victorian Sexuality and Moralisation in Cremorne Gardens; Ethnicity, Gender and Nation in Ecuador; Sport as Power; the film Falling Down. Entanglements of Power presents an exciting and challenging account of the symbiotic relationship between domination and resistance, and contextualises this within the parameters of geography with a rich body of case-study material and a respected team of contributors The purpose of this book is to explore fresh perspectives on the geographies of power.