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Fatal Couplings of Power and Difference: Notes on Racism and Geography

Gilmore, Ruth Wilson·2002·The Professional Geographer

DOI 10.1111/0033-0124.00310

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To study the complexities of race and geography, research and analysis should center on the fatally dynamic coupling of power and difference signified by racism. The author considers briefly the theoretical and methodological implications of key frameworks geographers used during the past century to account for racialized power differentials. To illustrate the political, economic, and cultural capacities that historical materialist geographical inquiry ought to consider, the author outlines the background for a new project—a case study of the U.S. during a period of unusually intense state-building in the mid-twentieth century. The article concludes that the political geography of race consists of space, place, and location as shaped simultaneously by gender, class, and scale.

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Authors: Gilmore, R. W.
Affiliations: a University of California , Berkeley
Venue: The Professional Geographer
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2002-02-01
Volume: 54
Issue: 1
Pages: 15-24
ISSN: 0033-0124 (ISSN-L)
1467-9272
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00310
OpenAlex: W2080251011
Cited by: 979
References: 0
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FWCI: 46.24
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: The Professional Geographer (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Geography and Education Methods
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
Keywords: racism, power and difference, historical materialism, state building, gender, class, scale

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