Landscape, Memory and History: Anthropological Perspectives

Name: Landscape, Memory and History: Anthropological Perspectives
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ISBN: 9780745319667

ISBN-10: 0745319661

ISBN-13: 9780745319667

Edition: 2003

Authors: Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern

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How do people perceive the land around them, and how is that perception changed by history? The contributors to this study explore these questions from an anthropological angle, assessing the connections between space, identity, nationalism, history and memory in various locations around the globe.

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 7/20/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.46" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Dr Pamela J. Stewart is Research Associate in Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburg, USA.




Introduction




Iconic Images: Landscape and History in the Local Poetry of the Scottish Borders




Ceide Fields: Natural Histories of a Buried Landscape




Landscape Representation: Place and Identity in Nineteenth-century Ordnance Survey Maps of Ireland




Memories of Ancestry in the Forests of Madagascar




Moon Shadows: Aboriginal and European Heroes in an Australian Landscape




History, Mobility and Land Use Interests of Aborigines and Farmers in the East Kimberly in North-West Australia




Co-present Landscapes: Routes and Rootedness as Sources of Identity in Highlands New Guinea




'Island Builders': Landscape and Historicity Among the Langalanga, Solomon Islands




Biography, Ecology, Political Economy: Seascape and Conflict in Jamaica



Epilogue



Notes on Contributors


Index