Full Description
Family Geographies is a contributed text that examines the role of geography in shaping the experience and practice of family life. Each of the chapters uses geographical concepts of space, distance, place, and community to illustrate how families impact and interact with their environment. From the zoo, to family vehicles, to retirement communities, the authors draw on a wide range of primary research to explore the everyday spaces that shape, and areshaped by, family life. Integrating case studies, interviews, surveys, and personal accounts with theoretical analysis and existing literature, this text offers a unique contribution to an emerging field of study.
Contents
Acknowledgements ; Introduction"Seeing if You Can Catch the One Picture That Just Makes It": Placing Family Life through Family Zoo Photography ; 2. The Impact of Travel on Families with Youth Competitive Athletes ; 3. "Mom, Dad Can I Walk to School?": Road Risk in an Urban Family Context ; 4. Being Home: Family Spatialities of Teleworking Households ; 5. Eggs, Raspberries and Domestic Space: The Spatial Construction of Family in 1930's New Brunswick ; 6. Schools and Youth Networks: Challenges for Newfoundland's Seasonal Migrant Families ; 7. South Asian Transnationalism in Canada: Effects on Family Life ; 8. "Doing It for the Children": Family Factors in Skilled Migration from South Africa to Canada ; 9. Suzanne Huot (University of Western Ontario) and Belinda Dodson ; 10. The View from Here: Family Images in Retirement Community Brochures ; 11. Becoming an Informal Caregiver for a Dying Family Member ; Conclusion ; Glossary ; Index
