Landscape and Identity

Geographies of Nation and Class in England
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-85973-425-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1030 g

Reihe: Materializing Culture

In England, perhaps more than most places, people's engagement with the landscape is deeply felt and has often been expressed through artistic media. The popularity of walking and walking clubs perhaps provides the most compelling evidence of the important role landscape plays in people's lives. Not only is individual identity rooted in experiencing landscape, but under the multiple impacts of social fragmentation, global economic restructuring and European integration, membership in recreational walking groups helps recover a sense of community. Moving between the 1750s and the present, this transdisciplinary book explores the powerful role of landscape in the formation of historical class relations and national identity. The author's direct field experience of fell walking in the Lake District and with various locally based clubs includes investigation of the roles gender and race play. She shows how the politics of access to open spaces has implications beyond the immediate geographical areas considered and ultimately involves questions of citizenship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Darby, Wendy Joy

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Envisioning/Re-visioning Landscape Part 1: Representational 1 Critical Perspectives: The Classification of Views 2 Landscape of Culture 3 Landscape of Nation Part ll: Political 4 The Politics of Access 5 Accessing the Lake District 6 Access/ Ability: Private Property and National Parks, Part III: Ethnographic 7 Re-Siting/Sighting/Citing the View 8 Particular Points of View, Conclusion: Envisioning/Re-Visioning Community

Über Autor(innen)

Wendy Joy Darby Independent Scholar