
The Lie of the Land
Paul Douglas Carter(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 12. August 1996
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-571-14101-2 (ISBN)
Description
In post-colonial politics, argues the author of this book, we will need to have to hand a different conception of the land and our relationship to it - a philosophy that takes account of the lie of the land. He develops his argument through an examination of three figures - the Venetian painter Giogione, the Australian anthropologist T.G.H. Strehlow, and the first Surveyor General of South Australia, William Light - whose historical relationship to one another is not at first sight obvious but who, it emerges, share common interests. Carter's argument is one which he illuminates not only historically, but poetically, for running through the book is a fundamental image - that of the storm, which symbolizes our new relationship to the ground.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8pp b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-571-14101-2 (9780571141012)
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