Space Place and Violence

<p>Direct interpersonal violence is a pervasive yet often mundane feature of our day-to-day lives; paradoxically violence is both ordinary and extraordinary. Violence in other words is often hidden in plain sight. <em>Space Place and Violence </em>seeks to uncover that which is too apparent: to critically question both violent geographies and the geographies of violence. With a focus on direct violence this book situates violent acts within the context of broader political and structural conditions. Violence it is argued is both a social and spatial practice. Adopting a geographic perspective <em>Space Place and Violence</em> provides a critical reading of how violence takes place and also produces place. Specifically four spatial vignettes – home school streets and community – are introduced designed so that students may think critically how ‘race’ sex gender and class inform violent geographies and geographies of violence. </p>