An anthropology of landscape : the extraordinary in the ordinary

1. Verfasser: Tilley, Christopher Y. , [VerfasserIn]
Cameron-Daum, Kate, , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London, England : UCL Press, 2017.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations (maps, tables); digital, PDF file(s).
Schlagworte:
Online Zugang: open access
Inhaltsangabe:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • 1. The anthropology of landscape: materiality, embodiment, contestation and emotion
  • Part I. The heathland as taskscape
  • 2. Managing the pebblebed heathlands
  • 3. Bushes that move: the Royal Marines
  • 4. Environmentalists: the giving and the taking away
  • 5. Quarrying pebbles
  • Part II. The landscape as leisurescape
  • 6. Introduction: the public and the heathland
  • 7. Modes of movement through the landscape: cycling and horse riding
  • 8. The cry of the Commons: walking through furze
  • 9. Art in and from the landscape
  • 10. Fishing and the watery pursuit of 'pets'
  • 11. Model aircraft flyers: spirals and loops in the sky
  • 12. Conclusions
  • References
  • Index.