Island
(Sprache: Englisch)
"Islands have long been viewed as both paradise and prison - we project onto them our deepest desires for freedom and escape, but also our greatest fears of forced isolation. This book asks: what can islands teach us about living sustainably, being alone or...
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"Islands have long been viewed as both paradise and prison - we project onto them our deepest desires for freedom and escape, but also our greatest fears of forced isolation. This book asks: what can islands teach us about living sustainably, being alone or coexisting with others, coping with uncertainty, and making do? Island is an archipelago of ideas, drawing from research and first-hand experience living, working, and traveling to islands as far afield as Madeira and Cape Verde, Orkney and Svalbard, the Aran Islands and the Gulf Islands, Hong Kong and Manhattan"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Island “
1. Introduction: Island Fever 2. Mourning (Vancouver Island, Summer 2021) 3. Escape (Porto Santo, Summer 2020) 4. Quarantine (Madeira, Spring 2020) 5. Holiday (Belle Île, Summer 2019) 6. Longing (São Vicente, Spring 2019) 7. Experiment (Eday, Fall 2017) 8. Darkness (Spitsbergen, Winter 2017) 9. Cities (Hong Kong, Spring 2016) 10. Nostalgia (Madeira, 2014-2017) 11. Secrets (Ireland, 1998-2000) 12. Pleasures (Ibiza, 1997) 13. Crossings (Vancouver Island-Hawaii, 1996-1997) 14. Rivers (Île de Montréal, 1992-1996) 15. Imaginaries (Cougar Island, 1977-1980) Coda: A packet of letters on Crete Desert Island Discs: Eight songs about islands NotesAcknowledgementsIndex
Autoren-Porträt von Julian Hanna
Julian Hanna teaches Culture Studies at Tilburg University, Netherlands, where his research focuses on critical intersections between culture, politics, and technology. His books include Island (Bloomsbury, 2024) in the Object Lessons series, The Manifesto Handbook: 95 Theses on an Incendiary Form (2020), and Key Concepts in Modernist Literature (2008).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Julian Hanna
- 2024, 160 Seiten, 10 Schwarz-Weiss-Abbildungen, Masse: 12,1 x 16,5 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Ian Bogost, Christopher Schaberg
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
- ISBN-10: 8765102363
- ISBN-13: 9798765102367
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.09.2024
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Englisch
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