We close towns for a living : spatial transformation and the Tour de France Palmer, Catherine 2010, We close towns for a living : spatial transformation and the Tour de France, Social & cultural geography, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 865-881, doi: 10.1080/14649365.2010.523841. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title We close towns for a living : spatial transformation and the Tour de France Alternative title ‘Nous fermons des villes pour gagner nos vies’ : la transformation spatiale et le Tour de France ‘Nos dedicamos a cerrar pueblos’ : transformación espacial y el Tour de Francia Author(s) Palmer, Catherine Journal name Social & cultural geography Volume number 11 Issue number 8 Start page 865 End page 881 Total pages 17 Publisher Routledge Place of publication Abingdon, England Publication date 2010-12 ISSN 1464-9365 1470-1197 Keyword(s) Tour de France cartographies spatial transformation Lefebvre national identity Summary This paper explores the ways in which the passage of the Tour de France bicycle race through France produces a distinctive cultural cartography or social map of France. Drawing on Lefebvre's (1991) conceptual triad of spatial practice, representations of space and representational spaces, the paper argues that the Tour de France both represents and is a space that is annually reordered and structured by very particular cultural practices. Through an analysis of the process (and politics) of route selection, the incorporation of iconic landscape and the transformation of civic space as the race moves across the country, the paper foregrounds the socially constructed nature of map making and the role of human intervention in producing and reproducing key cultural cartographies of France through the Tour de France. Language eng DOI 10.1080/14649365.2010.523841 Field of Research 160403 Social and Cultural Geography Socio Economic Objective 950102 Organised Sports HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2010 Copyright notice ©2010, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30039912 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of History, Heritage and Society Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 02 Nov 2011, 14:31:54 EST Wed, 02 Nov 2011, 14:36:17 EST Thu, 03 Nov 2011, 12:54:05 EST Thu, 03 Nov 2011, 12:54:44 EST Thu, 03 Nov 2011, 12:56:52 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 78 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 02 Nov 2011, 14:31:36 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas

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