Transnational Geographers in the United States

Navigating Autobiogeographies in a Global Age
Herausgeber: Marcus, Alan P.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 375g
• ISBN-13: 9781498509480
• ISBN-10: 1498509487
• Artikelnr.: 45008862

Autorenporträt

Edited by Alan P. Marcus - Contributions by Heike Alberts; Stavros T. Constantinou; Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo; Weronika A. Kusek; Wei Li; Alan P. Marcus; Heather Smith and Shaolu Yu

Inhaltsangabe

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