Contributions

  • David Trigger (Editor) - Contributor
  • Gareth Griffiths (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2004-02-01 - Hong Kong University Press

Language

English

Word Count

81,500 words, Guess

Page Count

326 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL9160105M
  • ISBN-139789622096486
  • ISBN-109622096484
  • OCLC Control Number54805302
  • LibraryThing8857593
and 1 more
  • Goodreads1839219

Classifications

  • LCCJV185

Description

Summary:"Disputed Territories investigates the significance of land for contesting cultural identities in comparable settler societies. In the regions of Australasia and southern Africa, European visions of landscape and nature have engaged with southern hemisphere environments and the cultures of indigenous peoples. Amid conflicts over land as a material resource, there has also been an intellectual contest over the aesthetic, iconic and cultural meanings of natural forms and species." "Arising from a programme of seminars held at The University of Western Australia, this collection of eminent international authors assembles contributions from anthropology, geography, history and literary studies. The combination of diverse methods and theoretical approaches establishes the ways that land and nature constitute disputed territories in the mind, as well as material resources subject to pragmatic negotiations."--Jacket

Description

"Disputed Territories investigates the significance of land for contesting cultural identities in comparable settler societies. In the regions of Australasia and southern Africa, European visions of landscape and nature have engaged with southern hemisphere environments and the cultures of indigenous peoples. Amid conflicts over land as a material resource, there has also been an intellectual contest over the aesthetic, iconic and cultural meanings of natural forms and species." "Arising from a programme of seminars held at The University of Western Australia, this collection of eminent international authors assembles contributions from anthropology, geography, history and literary studies. The combination of diverse methods and theoretical approaches establishes the ways that land and nature constitute disputed territories in the mind, as well as material resources subject to pragmatic negotiations."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Disputed Territories: Land, Culture and Identity in Settler SocietiesHardcoverHong Kong University Press2004-02-01

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