Escapism / Yi-fu Tuan.
Escapism / Yi-fu Tuan.
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Publisher
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
N153.3/9
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 245 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Earth / Nature and Culture -- 2. Animality / Its Covers and Transcendence -- 3. People / Disconnectedness and Indifference -- 4. Hell / Imagination's Distortions and Limitations -- 5. Heaven / The Real and the Good.
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Publisher
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
In prehistoric times, our ancestors began building shelters and planting crops in order to escape from nature's harsh realities. Today, we flee urban dangers for the safer, reconfigured world of suburban lawns and parks. According to Yi-Fu Tuan, people have always sought to escape in one way or another, sometimes foolishly, often creatively and ing...
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Escapism / Yi-fu Tuan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-231) and index.
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N153.3/9
Record Identifier
74VvE7jRXa6X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvE7jRXa6X
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ISBN
0801865409 (pbk.)
9780801859267 (alk. paper)
0801859263 (alk. paper)
9780801865404 (pbk.)
DDC
153.3
MMS ID
991011616539702626
