Escapism
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Author: Yi-Fu Tuan
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Place of printing: Baltimore and London
Year of publication: 1998
Acclaimed cultural geographer Yi-Fu Tuan considers humanity's enduring desire to escape reality— and embrace alternatives such as love, culture, and Disneyworld
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 geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, people have always sought to escape in one way or another, sometimes foolishly, often creatively and ingeniously. Glass-tower cities, suburbs, shopping malls, Disneyland—all are among the most recent monuments in our efforts to escape the constraints and uncertainties of life—ultimately, those imposed by nature. "What cultural product," Tuan asks, "is not escape?" In his new book, the capstone of a celebrated career, Tuan shows that escapism is an inescapable component of human thought and culture.
Product Condition:
Example in good condition. Cover with slight wear to edges and corners. Adhesive label on the back cover. Cuts yellowed and with traces of dust. Pages yellowed. Pencil note in the buttonhole and some scattered pencil underlining especially in the first part of the text. English text. Text in english. Book in good condition.
ISBN Code: 0801865409
EAN: 9780801865404
Pages: XVII,245
Format: Paperback
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 23
Width: 14
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English text. Text in english.
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