Foregrounding the region

Regional Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 19-30

  Paasi, Anssi ^a   Metzger, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

conceptualization; foregrounding; region; spatial fetishism

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL THEORY; SPATIAL COGNITION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GAMOCHAETA;

EID: 84994299120     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1239818     Document Type: Article

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