Geographies of Rural Cultures and Societies

Dr Holloway is a Senior Lecturer in Geography and Dr Kneafsey is a Research Fellow in Geography, both working for the Geography Subject Group at Coventry University.

• Contents: Geographies of rural cultures and societies: introduction, Lewis Holloway and Moya Kneafsey. Part I: Thinking Ruralities: Obese and pornographic ruralities: further cultural twists for rural geography?, Martin Phillips; Spatial stories: preliminary notes on the idea of narrative style in rural studies, Rob Fish; (Re)positioning power in rural studies: from organic community to political society, Graham Gardner; Constructing multiple ruralities: practices and values of rural dwellers, Hanne Kirstine Adriansen and Lene Møller Madsen. Part II: Rural Societies: Inclusions and Exclusions: Politics and protest in the contemporary countryside, Michael Woods; Geographies of invisibility: the 'hidden' lives of rural lone parents, Annie Hughes; Constable countryside? police perspectives on rural Britain, Richard Yarwood and Caroline Cozens. Part III: Community and Governance: Mobilizing the local: community, participation and governance, Bill Edwards and Michael Woods; A sense of place: rural development, tourism and place promotion in the Republic of Ireland, David Storey; 'Community'-based strategies for environmental protection in rural areas: towards a new form of participatory rural governance?, Susanne Seymour. Part IV: Cultures of Farming and Food: Lost words, lost worlds? Cultural geographies of agriculture, Carol Morris; Producing-consuming food: closeness, connectedness and rurality in four 'alternative' food networks, Lewis Holloway and Moya Kneafsey; Winners and losers? rural restructuring, economic status and masculine identities among young farmers in South-West Ireland, Caitríona Ní Laoire; Index.

’...bound to attract a wide range of readers including researchers, policy makers, planners, managers, investors, farmers and all those connected, directly or indirectly, with the new image of rurality.’ Journal of Rural Cooperation