Journal of Cultural Geography articles from October 2008

Journal of Cultural Geography archives from October 2008

Editorial.
October 1, 2008... The publication of this issue marks the close of the first year of the journal's partnership with Routledge. As you have probably noticed, the journal looks a bit different both inside and out. We have adopted a slightly different typographic...

Introduction.
October 1, 2008... The four papers in this special thematic section of the Journal of Cultural Geography emanated from the 2006 Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference at Texas State University-San Marcos. The focal places for the issue are three American cities:...

Racial geographies and the challenges of day labor formalization: a case study from San Diego County.
October 1, 2008... Recent debates surrounding immigration in the United States have brought renewed attention to day laborers. In their search for employment, day laborers temporarily occupy public and quasi-public spaces. The visibility of day labor and the...

Negotiating hybridity: transnational reconstruction of migrant subjectivity in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
October 1, 2008... Transnationalism has emerged as a key factor in altering immigrant ethnic enclaves by networking them with global flows of capital and labor. A quintessential example is Koreatown in Los Angeles, often portrayed as the 'overseas Korean...

Surviving Katrina and its aftermath: evacuation and community mobilization by Vietnamese Americans and African Americans.(Report)
October 1, 2008... The flooding of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005 uncovered critical issues in local, state, and national strategies for emergency preparedness and disaster relief. The Katrina disaster reveals the persistent racial...

New Orleans: a re-emerging Latino destination city.(migration)(Report)
October 1, 2008... Hurricane Katrina altered both New Orleans' cultural and physical landscapes. Currently New Orleans' Latino population is estimated to have increased nearly twofold since the city flooded in August 2005. Unlike many cities that began receiving...

A Midwestern Chinatown? Cleveland, Ohio in North American context, 1900-2005.
October 1, 2008... The Chinatowns in North America's major cities have received considerable attention from scholars, but few have considered the experience of Chinatowns in interior, non-gateway cities. This paper seeks to explore such a Chinatown in Cleveland,...

A geographical analysis of garage sales in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
October 1, 2008... During the past few decades several scholars have studied garage sales. Recent works focus on certain time periods and/or gender issues, while others have examined the social implications and economic dimensions of sales. This study is a unique...

Childfree by choice: a review.
October 1, 2008... The decision not to have children represents one of the most remarkable changes in the modern family: during the last few decades the number of couples who voluntarily do not want to become parents (usually called 'childfree') has drastically...

The restaurants book: ethnographies of where we eat.
October 1, 2008... The restaurants book: ethnographies of where we eat, edited by David Beriss and David Sutton, Berg Publishers, 2007, xii+240 pp. US$29.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-84520-755-7 The restaurants book is almost the classroom reader that food...

Shimmering screens: making media in an Aboriginal community.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Shimmering screens: making media in an Aboriginal community, by Jennifer Deger, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2006, xxxv+267 pp., US$22.50 (paperback), ISBN 0-8166-4922-7 Shimmering screens explores and reconsiders the...

Brumbies and blue eggs.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Brumbies and blue eggs, by Richard Symanski, Estrilda Publications, 2007, xii + 214 pp. (paperback), ISBN 1-4276-1281-1 Brumbies and blue eggs is a collection of essays by Richard Symanski reflecting his extensive field research and...

Metropolis on the styx: the underworlds of modern urban culture, 1800-2001.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Metropolis on the styx: the underworlds of modern urban culture, 1800-2001, by David L. Pike, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2007, xvii + 377 pp. US$27.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-8014-7304-3 As I write this review, the fallout from a...

Motoring: the highway experience in America.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Motoring: the highway experience in America, by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle, Athens, University of Georgia Press, 2008, xiv+274 pp., US$34.95 (hardback), ISBN 978-8203-3028-0 The year 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of the...