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The Geographies of Young People

The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity

By Stuart C Aitken

Published July 5th 2001 by Routledge – 232 pages

Series: Critical Geographies

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Description

The Geographies of Young People traces the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up.

This book brings coherency to the growing field of children's geographies by arguing that although most of it does not prescribe solutions to the moral assault against young people, it nonetheless offers appropriate insights into difference and diversity, and how young people are constructed.

Other books in the series:

Culture/Place/Health (forthcoming)

Seduction of Place (forthcoming)

Celtic Geographies (forthcoming) Timespace

Bodies

Mind and Body Spaces

Children's Geographies

Leisure/Tourism Geographies

Thinking Space

Geopolitical Traditions

Embodied Geographies

Animal Spaces, Beastly Places

Closet Space

Clubbing

De-centering Sexualities

Entanglements of Power.

Reviews

This book is likely to be a key text for those interested in studying, teaching and researching the geographies of childhood. - Progress in Human Geography

'A useful book for anyone interested in exploring the psychoanalytic and feminist theories which challenge general notions of childhood' - Gender, Place & Culture

Author Bio

Stuart C. Aitken is Professor of Geography, at San Diego State University.

Name: The Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: By Stuart C Aitken. The Geographies of Young People traces the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up.This book...
Categories: Social Geography, Cultural Studies