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Book reviews: Performativity, Politics and the Production of Space and Geographies of Peace

Burton, Kerry

Authors

Kerry Burton



Abstract

An emerging field of geographical research is making a concerted effort to engage with the everyday “off the page” political geographies and the alternative spaces of politics and geopolitics. Human Geography has benefited from the “cultural turn” that has enabled close consideration of how space is practiced and performed. The two books reviewed here, acknowledge their own genesis within a rapidly shifting political landscape, which encompassed uprisings and occupations, and where the geographies and practices of protest, solidarity, and non-violent resistance became popularised through both a material presence in major cities, a virtual presence across social media, and through the media spectacle of streets becoming camps and the underdog being seen to take on state forces. As the media gaze shone on these sites, many acts of solidarity, protest, non-violence, and peace remained hidden from view, including most of the everyday practices of resistance and prefiguration that gave birth to new Political orders, such as Syriza in Greece and Podemos in Spain.

Citation

Burton, K. (2015). Book reviews: Performativity, Politics and the Production of Space and Geographies of Peace. Space and Polity, 19(2), 212-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2015.1041264

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2015
Deposit Date May 7, 2015
Journal Space and Polity
Print ISSN 1356-2576
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 19
Issue 2
Pages 212-214
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2015.1041264
Keywords book review, politics, production of space
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/841082
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2015.1041264


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