Geography inside out / Richard Symanski [and] Korski ; with a foreword by Peter Gould.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Symanski, Richard.

Series:

Geography inside out space, place, and society.

Geography inside out space, place, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography--United States.

Geography.

Geographers--United States.

Geographers.

United States.

Symanski, Richard.

Physical Description:

xix, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Taking sharp aim at complacent geography scholars, this irreverent hook turns the world of academic geography upside down. The author, a foremost figure in the field, joins forces with his alter ego, the incorrigible Korski, to draw fire from his own personal and professional experience. No one knows better than they the stuffy censorship and skewed logic that inform the geography establishment and stifle the valiant geographer -- and they tell all.

With an unsparing eye, Geography Inside Out exposes a discipline soiled by cerebral litter and shamed by intellectual cowardice. Symanski shows no mercy for the pompous, the mediocre, or the hypocritical. And he reveals the devastating truth about a geographer blackballed for life for writing about prostitution and for his intellectual attack of a major figure within the discipline.

Contents:

Introduction: The Critic and Criticism 1

Part 1 Postmodern Truths

Korski and Symanski 13

Horse Thief 17

Postmodern Conversations 28

Part 2 Worthless Words in the World

Calling a Spade a Spade 43

Deconstructing a Drugstore Cowboy 49

Academic Brahmins 57

By My Sins Shall I Be Redeemed 69

When Logic and Language Go on a Walkabout 75

Words in the World, Worthless Words 81

Ruminations on a Misshapen America 87

Part 3 Misbegotten Landscapes

Coconuts on a Lava Flow in the Chiricahua Mountains 103

Lost in Lies about California's Migrant Labor Landscapes 115

Intellectual Turf and Elitist Notions about Invisible Landscapes 125

Feminist Field-Worker Conceits 132

New Orleans Folks and Fictions 137

Arrogant Eyes 141

Part 4 Censured

A Brief Meditation on Censorship 165

In Revolutionary Mode 171

An Anatomy of Academic Censorship 176

Twisted and Running Scared 196

Part 5 Inside and Outside and Eternal Postmodern Truths

White Socks 209

Pink Day-Glo Sneakers 216

Tu-tu's Tale 224

Korski on Symanski, Symanski on Korski 235

Appendix Geographers and Others Mentioned in the Text 249

First Holy Communion 11

Richard at nine 41

Richard here and there 101

Assistant professor 163

Korski at thirty-nine 207.

Notes:

Korski is Richard Symanski's alter-ego with whom he has co-written this book.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and index.

ISBN:

0815607326

OCLC:

48906486