Embodied Geographies

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Elizabeth Kenworthy Teather
Routledge, 23.06.2005 - 288 Seiten

Embodied Geographies provides a comprehensive account of different types of life crises which develop our identities and affect how we live our lives. Chapters focus on:
* pregnancy, childbirth, teenagers and parenthood
* migration
* the threat and reality of violence
* illness and disability
* bereavement, the ensuing family responsibilities and death itself.
It includes case studies from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada and the USA.

 

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GEOGRAPHIES OF PERSONAL DISCOVERY
1
2 THE EXPANDING WORLDS OF MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
27
3 MESSAGES ABOUT ADOLESCENT IDENTITY
43
4 SCHOOLIES WEEK AS A RITE OF PASSAGE
59
5 PREGNANT BODIES PUBLIC SCRUTINY
77
6 BODILY SPEAKING
91
7 PUTTING PARENTS IN THEIR PLACE
105
8 WOMENS EXPERIENCES OF VIOLENCE OVER THE LIFECOURSE
127
9 LIFE AT THE MARGINS
143
10 JOURNEYING THROUGH ME
157
11 IDENTITY AND HOME IN THE MIGRATORY EXPERIENCE OF RECENT HONG KONG CHINESECANADIAN MIGRANTS
175
12 EMBODYING OLD AGE
193
13 THE TRANSITION INTO ELDERCARE
209
14 SINGAPORES WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS
225
15 THE BODY AFTER DEATH
241
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