Riverscapes and National Identities
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Author | : Tricia Cusack |
Publisher | : Space, Place, and Society (Har |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2010-03-02 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105215340188 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Riverscapes and National Identities by : Tricia Cusack
Book excerpt: Drawing on the symbolic potential of rivers to represent life and time, the riverscape provided a metaphor for the mythic stream of national history flowing unimpeded out of the past and into the future. Tricia Cusack is a lecturer at the Centre for European Languages and Cultures at the University of Birmingham. She coedited Art, Nation and Gender: Ethnic Landscapes, Myths and Mother-Figures and has published numerous articles in anthologies and journals including National Identities, Nations and Nationalism, and Art History