Landscapes of Culture and Nature

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ISBN: 0230235840
ISBN 13: 9780230235847
Autor: Giblett, R
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xii, 205 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.09.2009
Auflage: 1/2009
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: GEB

Explores the relationship between humans, the man-made landscape and the earth The relationship between humans and nature is very topical in the light of concerns over climate change and the environment Looks at man-made landscapes of fear e.g. the industrial city; the trenches of World War One Looks at natural landscapes of fear e.g. the wilderness; the swamp Examines both natural and unnatural disasters via discussion of Chernobyl; the Asian tsunami; Hurricane Katrina; 9/11

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Beschreibung

A bold and exciting exploration of the relationship and interactions between humans, the human landscape and the earth, looking at a diverse range of case studies from the nineteenth-century city to the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.

Autorenporträt

ROD GIBLETT is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the School of Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. He is the author of Sublime Communication Technologies and The Body of Nature and Culture (both published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

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