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Rackham, Oliver; Moody, Jennifer

 
9780719036477: The Making of the Cretan Landscape
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ISBN 10: 071903647X ISBN 13: 9780719036477
Editorial: Manchester University Press, 1997

Sinopsis

This book analyses fifteen years of debate, media narrative, policy documents and artistic production to uncover the way sexual citizenship is reshaped by LGBT asylum.

Asylum discourses, with their many harrowing stories, have proved a powerful platform for discussion of the sexual rights of those who are not citizens. The forces involved, from the state to LGBT or asylum activists, compete with each other for the redefinition of what progressive sexual politics should be.

This book assesses the consequences of persisting colonial imaginaries on the representation of sexual freedom, as well as of the neoliberal management of asylum for LGBT asylum seekers. The book explores the contradictory role of political emotions such as sympathy, which constitutes both a basis for solidarity and a means of dispossessing claimants of their agency, and finally discusses how optimism can be queered in asylum discourses.

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Críticas

'...remarkably comprehensive in its scope, covering the history, geology, natural history, agriculture and many peripheral topics in detail. You should read it from start to finish (several times).' --"BBC Wildlife Magazine" 'This is an excellent and very readable book.' --"The Anglo-Hellenic Review"

Reseña del editor

This text aims to help the visitor to Crete understand its landscape. The authors explain how the island's peculiar and extraordinary features, moulded and modified by centuries of human activity, have come together to create today's landscape. They explain the formation and ecology of Crete's mountains and coastline, and examine contemporary threats to the island's natural beauty. The book draws on a range of evidence - field observations, archaeology, ancient and medieval documents, place-names, tree-rings and standing buildings. It should be of interest to general readers and travellers with an interest in Crete's landscape, natural history and history; and to students and scholars of Mediterranean landscape history, geography, historical ecology and archaeology.

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Editorial
Manchester University Press
Año de publicación
1997
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
071903647X
ISBN 13 
9780719036477
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
264
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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