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Physical and Symbolic Borders and Boundaries and How They Unfold on Space: An Inquiry on Making, Unmaking and Remaking Borders and Boundaries Across the World
This book critically examines how boundaries, physical and symbolic, unfold in different geographies and spaces. It aims to understand why and how boundaries exist and how they are constructed, deconstructed, and reconstructed.
Author(s) | Edited by Basak Tanulku, Simone Pekelsma. |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 352 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 5 Mar 2024 |
Availability | Not yet available |
This book critically examines how boundaries, physical and symbolic, unfold in different geographies and spaces. It aims to understand why and how boundaries exist and how they are constructed, deconstructed, and reconstructed.
Introduction: "A world supposed to be borderless" by Basak Tanulku and Simone Pekelsma Section 1: Borders, Identity, and Space 1. "The unbearable division of being. A gender approach to the physical and symbolic boundaries between men and women" by
Basak Tanulku is an urban sociologist who specialises in gated communities; she did her fieldwork in gated communities of Istanbul for her PhD Study at Lancaster University in the UK. While gated communities were regarded as exclusionary and segregating h