French sociologist and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu's relevance for
studies of spatiality and mobility has received less attention than
other aspects of his work. Here, Deborah Reed-Danahay argues that the
concept of social space, central to Bourdieu's ideas, addresses the
structured inequalities that prevail in spatial choices and practices.
She provides an ethnographically informed interpretation of social space
that demonstrates its potential for new directions in studies of
mobility, immobility, and emplacement. This book traces the links
between habitus and social space across the span of Bourdieu's writings,
and places his work in dialogue with historical and contemporary
approaches to mobility.