| Landscape, Memory and History: Anthropological Perspectives Contributor(s): Stewart, Pamela J. (Editor), Strathern, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0745319661 ISBN-13: 9780745319667 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: Over the last 20 years, a debate has opened up in the social sciences about notions of space and place . This collection of papers draws on anthropological perspectives to examine how a sense of landscape is imbued with -- and in turn affected by -- deeply imbedded notions of history, in a variety of different settings. American, Australian and British scholars examine the significance of this use of landscape for studies of identity -- particularly as an alternative to a previous concentration solely on nationalism and national sense of identity. In doing so they re-establish a sphere for present-day social anthropology to link back to earlier community-based' approaches and to make explicit an emphasis on political change, citizenship et al. They examine, quite literally, how people really see themselves in their environment -- and how that perception changes and is affected by history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 304.2 |
| LCCN: 2003273623 |
| Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.32" W x 8.6" (0.84 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How do people perceive the land around them, and how is that perception changed by history? The contributors explore this question from an anthropological angle, assessing the connections between place, space, identity, nationalism, history and memory in a variety of different settings around the world. Taking historical change and memory as key themes, they offer a broad study that will appeal to a readership across the social sciences. Contributors from North America, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Europe explore a wide variety of case studies that includes seascapes in Jamaica; the Solomon Islands; the forests of Madagascar; Aboriginal and European notions of landscape in Australia; place and identity in 19th century maps and the bogs of Ireland; contemporary concerns over changing landscapes in Papua New Guinea; and representations of landscape and history in the poetry of the Scottish Borders. |