Mapping Reality: An Exploration of Cultural Cartographies

by Geoff King

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An original and wide-ranging study of the mappings used to impose meaning on the world, Mapping Reality argues that maps create rather than merely represent the ground on which they rest. Distinctions between map and territory questioned by some theorists of the postmodern have always been arbitrary. From the history of cartography to the mappings of culture, sexuality and nation, Geoff King draws on an extensive range of materials, including mappings...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0312127065

ISBN13:9780312127060

Release Date:April 1996

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Cartography Earth Sciences Geography Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Politics & Social Sciences Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences

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