Geographies of Exclusion Society and Difference in the West

Western culture is based on exclusion. Its society places 'others' - women, blacks, children, the old, those with alternative lifestyles, gays, the disabled - as outsiders.At the core of this marginalisation is the tendency of powerful groups to 'purify' and dominate space, to create fear of minorities and to ultimately exclude their voices and their knowledge.Geographies of Exclusion analyses the construction of socio-spatial boundaries along the lines of gender, colour, sexuality, lifestyle, age and disability, exploring contemporary experiences of and writings on home, the community, the city and the state.Sibley, David is the author of 'Geographies of Exclusion Society and Difference in the West' with ISBN 9780415119245 and ISBN 0415119243.