Transnational Geographers in the United States - Navigating Autobiogeographies in a Global Age

Informationen zum Autor Alan P. Marcus is associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Planning, Towson University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, Alan P. MarcusIntroduction, Alan P. MarcusChapter 1: Navigating My Autobiogeography: From Brazil to Baltimore, Alan P. MarcusChapter 2: Enjoying the Best of Two Worlds or Torn between Two Places?, Heike AlbertsChapter 3: Traversing Boundaries of Education and Geography: Sketching Stages, Spaces, and Standpoints of Transnational Self, Ibipo Johnston-AnumonwoChapter 4: Mobility, Time, and Home: The Experience of Two Generations of Transnational Chinese Geographers, Shaolu Yu and Wei LiChapter 5: Polish(ing) My Identity, Weronika A. KusekChapter 6: A Transnational Life Revisited, Stavros T. ConstantinouChapter 7: The Urban Geography of my Canadian Identity, Heather Smith

Product details

• Authors: Alan P. Marcus
• Assisted by: Alan P Marcus (Editor), Alan P. Marcus (Editor), Marcus Alan P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781498509480
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0948-0
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Business & Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Social groups, Economic Geography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Regional / International studies, Social groups, communities and identities, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, Geography;Human Geography;Transnationalism