Critical Toponymies
The Contested Politics of Place Naming
While place names have long been studied by a few devoted specialists, approaches to them have been traditionally empiricist and uncritical in character. This book brings together recent works that conceptualize the hegemonic and contested practices of geographical naming. The contributors guide the reader into struggles over toponymy in a multitude of national and local contexts across Europe, North America, New Zealand, Asia and Africa. In a ground-breaking and multidisciplinary fashion, this volume illuminates the key role of naming in the colonial silencing of indigenous cultures, canonization of nationalistic ideals into nomenclature of…
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Weitere Autoren: Berg, Lawrence D. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-351-94727-5
- EAN: 9781351947275
- Produktnummer: 22637839
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'907 KB
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Dr Lawrence D. Berg is from the University of British Columbia, Canada and Dr Jani Vuolteenaho is from the University of Helsinki, Finland
6 weitere Werke von Jani Vuolteenaho:
Naming Rights, Place Branding, and the Cultural Landscapes of Neoliberal Urbanism
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