Landscapes of Hate: Tracing Spaces, Relations and Responses

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Providing a much-needed perspective on exclusion and discrimination, this book offers a distinct spatial approach to the topic of hate studies. Of interest to academics and students of human geography, criminology, sociology and beyond, the book highlights enduring, diverse and uneven experiences of hate in contemporary society. The collection explores the intersecting experiences of those targeted on the basis of assumed and historically marginalized identities. It illustrates the role of specific spaces and places in shaping hate, why space matters for how hate is encountered and the importance of space in challenging cultures of hate. This analysis of who is able to use or abuse space offers a novel insight into discourses of hate and lived experiences of victimization. Front Cover Title page Copyright information Dedication Table of contents List of figures About the authors Series Preface Preface 1 Introducing Landscapes of Hate Introduction Why is it important to think about hate now? Critiquing ‘hate’ Criminal justice/legal dimensions of hate Landscapes of hate Organization of the collection Considering and critiquing hate Experiences of hate Responding to hate Conclusion Notes References 2 Examining the Contours of Hate: About the Authors Introduction Critical hate studies Methodology Spaces and places of hate harms Respect Esteem Love Conclusion Note References 3 Hiding the Harm? An Argument against Misogyny Hate Crime Introduction Gender and hate crime: the current context Providing greater protection to women Providing better measurement of non-criminal forms of VAWG Responding to widespread support from victim–survivors Defining motivation and acknowledging the root causes Connecting women’s experiences and positions Changing attitudes and preventing violence Conclusion Notes References 4 Constructing Britain’s Hated Landscapes: The Linguistic and Ideological Construction of Toxteth Introduction: hated landscapes Study design The policy positioning of the ‘inner city problem’ Symbolic meaning and the ‘inner city’ Toxteth: l’enfant terrible of British inner cities Connecting ‘inner city’ Toxteth to a national landscape of hate Thatcher and the inner city The Thatcher government’s views on Liverpool Toxteth and Thatcher’s urban agenda Unhating Toxteth Conclusion Notes References 5 Negotiating Landscapes of (Un)safetyy: Atmospheres and Ambivalence in Female Students’ Everyday Geographies Introduction Encounter, atmosphere and urban landscapes Researching students’ geographies Students’ everyday negotiations of urban landscapes Ambivalent atmospheres of (un)safety Everyday negotiations of ambivalent landscapes Landscapes of (un)safety and neoliberal urbanism Conclusion Note References 6 Becoming Visible, Becoming Vulnerable? Bodies, Material Spaces and Affective Economies of Hate Introduction Producing hyper-visible bodies Materializing landscapes of hate Inscribing and resisting hate through mosques Locating hyper-visibility through the scene Hyper-visibility and neighbourhood proximities Conclusion Notes References 7 The Role of Space and Place in Learning Disabled People’s Experiences of Disablist Violence Introduction The study The continuum of disablist violence Safety work (Blurred) spaces of disablist hostility Conclusion Notes References 8 Hostility, Hate and Humiliation: Disability Hate Crime on UK Public Transport Introduction Disability hate crime Crime on public transport Methods of researching hate crime on public transport Experiences of hate crime on public transport Group abuse: collaboration and justification techniques Impacts on the victim Why target disabled people? Bystander non-intervention Future considerations References 9 Safe Spaces or Spaces of Control? Racial Tensions at Predominantly White Institutions Introduction Researching safe spaces Race, space and violence at PWIs Conceptualizing safe spaces for students of colour Conclusion Notes References 10 ‘It’s Not Hate to … [Say] That Gay Sex Leads to Hell’: Contesting Hate, Reiterating Heteronormativities Introduction Heteroactivism in contemporary sexual landscapes Methods The Lumen Fidei Institute Christian Concern It’s not hate Dangers of criminalization and the label of ‘hater’ Reclaiming hate as love Conclusion Notes References 11 Speaking Back and Seeing Beyond the Landscapes of Hate Introduction The conceptual and contextual landscape Speaking back and seeing beyond: author reflections Speaking back and seeing beyond: gendered and contextual forms Reactive speaking back Proactive speaking back Seeing beyond The struggle of speaking back and seeing beyond Conclusion Notes References 12 Rethinking Responses to Hate: Towards a Socio- ecological Approach Introduction Critiquing responses to hate Spatializing hate: a socio-ecological model of hate crime Rethinking responses to hate Conclusion References 13 Afterword Introduction: spatializing hate Intersectional Relational Emotional Relational, intersectional and emotional … References Index Back Cover