Description
This volume explores the relationship between society and the physical world through representation - the artistic re-creation of the physical world - which reflects interpretation.
Reviews
Imagined Country views the environment as a social construct, defined, interpreted, and reproduced by culture and ideology . . . . The book makes its case on that issue very well." -National Geographic Research and Exploration
"Myths destroy time . . . ideologies reify space.' Through these two structures John Rennie Short examines the roles of the wilderness, the country, and the city in politics and art. . . . This is a rare achievement." - The Higher
Book Information
ISBN 9780815629542
Author John Rennie Short
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Syracuse University Press
Publisher Syracuse University Press
Weight(grams) 369g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm
Reviews
Imagined Country views the environment as a social construct, defined, interpreted, and reproduced by culture and ideology . . . . The book makes its case on that issue very well." -National Geographic Research and Exploration
"Myths destroy time . . . ideologies reify space.' Through these two structures John Rennie Short examines the roles of the wilderness, the country, and the city in politics and art. . . . This is a rare achievement." - The Higher
Book Information
ISBN 9780815629542
Author John Rennie Short
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Syracuse University Press
Publisher Syracuse University Press
Weight(grams) 369g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm
