
Processes of Spatialization in the Americas
Configurations and Narratives
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 21. December 2018
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-3-631-76362-9 (ISBN)
Description
Where do the Americas begin, and where do they end? What is the relationship between the spatial constructions of «area» and «continent»? How were the Americas imagined by different actors in different historical periods, and how were these imaginations - as continent, nation, region - guided by changing agendas and priorities? This interdisciplinary volume addresses competing and conflicting configurations and narratives of spatialization in the context of globalization processes from the 19th century to the present.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
2 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-76362-9 (9783631763629)
DOI
10.3726/b14987
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Persons
Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez is Professor of American Studies and Minority Studies at Leipzig University.
Hannes Warnecke-Berger is a Political Scientist and currently Senior Researcher in the Collaborative Research Center «Spatialization Processes under the Global Condition» at Leipzig University.
Content
Spatialization processes on the American continent - Producing space: the Americas between homogeneity and heterogeneity - Configuring space: borders, frontiers, and the dialectics of inclusion and exclusion - Transgressing space: globalization, mobility, and bordercrossings