Landscape, Place and Identity
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.35 (881 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0761954716 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-04-02 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Landscape, Place and Identity provides a detailed account of our relation to landscape over the last three hundred years. Examining 'high' and 'low' forms of representation - the analysis is a comprehensive overview of historical and contemporary themes.. Within the last ten years, geography's engagement with landscape has been rethought through perspectives from cultural and media studies, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities. It demonstrates the links between landscape, identity and power and how this link has been articulated though images, texts and practises. Illustrated throughout Landscape, Place and