Phobic geographies : the phenomenology and spatiality of identity
Despite estimates that there are 10 million people in the UK suffering phobias, there is a gap in the literature and research on this topic. This text addresses this in relation to geography literature, but extends beyond this field to connect with phobic "others" whose ideas are reformed by fear.
Print Book, English, cop. 2003
Ashgate, Aldershot, Hants, England, cop. 2003
viii, 160 p. ; 23 cm
9780754632443, 075463244X
912289857
Contents: Introduction: notes on stories, selves and spaces; What in the world is agoraphobia?; 'Joking Apart...' the negotiation of group boundaries through humour; Fear and trembling in the mall: Kierkegaard and consumer/consuming spaces; 'Putting on a Face': Sartre, Goffman and agoraphobic anxiety in social space; A phenomenology of fear: Merleau-Ponty and agoraphobic life-worlds; Pregnant pauses: agoraphobic embodiment and the limits of (im)pregnability; 'All in the Mind?' analysing the subject of 'Self-Help'; Conclusion: re/solution of spatial identities; Bibliography; Index.