Landscaping of metaphor and cultural identity : topographies of a cornish pastiche / Patrick Laviolette.
Published / Created:
Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, c2011.
Physical Description:
216 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-202) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. I Landscapes on the Margins of Modernity -- Context -- Problematic -- Conclusion -- ch. II Art and Literature Analysis -- Historical Account of Landscape Art and Prose -- Socio-Semiotic Considerations -- Hermeneutics and the Literary Landscape -- Studios of the Familiar -- Conclusion -- ch. III Contours of Identity -- Boundaries of Belonging -- Making `Anthropographic' Projections -- A World of Images -- Conclusion -- ch. IV Speaking of Landscapes -- Directional Idioms -- Place-Names -- Homo-Directus -- Conclusion -- ch. V Contrasting Culture -- Insider Perspectives -- Coastlining Outsiders -- The Senses and Outdoor Inter-action -- Figurative Embodiments and Political Bodies -- Conclusion -- ch. VI Death Defining -- From Prehistory to Post-Modern Folklore -- Dereliction vs. Industrial Heritage -- Churchyards & Grave Identity -- Conclusion -- ch. VII Conclusions, Where difference Lies -- Centre Down `Ere -- One and all.
Subject Terms:
Group identity -- England -- Cornwall (County) | Landscapes -- Social aspects -- England -- Cornwall (County) | Metaphor -- Social aspects. | Cornwall (England : County) -- Civilization.