Spatiality and Symbolic Expression: On the Links between Place and Culture

by Bill Richardson

Overview

In this volume, scholars from a wide range of fields within the humanities explore the links between space and place and their relation to cultural expression. This collection shows that a focus on the spatial can help elucidate important facets of symbolic expression and cultural production, whether it be literature, music, dance, films, or art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137502896
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	07/21/2015
Series:	Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Felix Ó Murchadha, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Christiane Schönfeld, Mary Immaculate College, Ireland Ulf Strohmayer, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Lillis Ó Laoire, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Paul Carter, RMIT University, Australia Paolo Bartoloni, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Karen Le Rossignol, Deakin University, Australia Conn Holohan, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Catherine Emerson, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Miles Kennedy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Table of Contents

List of Figures vii

Series Editor's Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: The "Spatio-Cultural Dimension": Overview and a Proposed Framework Bill Richardson 1

1 Space, Time, and the Articulation of a Place in the World: The Philosophical Context Felix Ó Murchadha 21

2 Symbol, Situatedness, and the Individuality of Literary Space Bill Richardson 41

3 Bridging Gaps; Building Bridges: Figures of Speech, Symbolic Expression, and Pedagogy Christiane Schönfeld Ulf Strohmayer 59

4 Spatiality, Place, and Displacement in Two Gaelic Songs Lillis Ó Laoire 87

5 Lips in Language and Space: Imaginary Places in James Dawson's Australian Aborigines (1881) Paul Carter 105

6 The Space of Language and the Place of Literature Paolo Bartoloni 129

7 Dreaming Well-being into Being: Dualities of Virtual-Actual Communities Karen Le Rossignol 155

8 Between a Rock and No Place: Ursula Meier's Home(2008) Conn Holohan 177

9 Op Weg naar Broxeele: The Production of Shared Spaces Catherine Emerson 191

10 The Politics of Space: Poetical Dwelling and the Occupation of Poetry Miles Kennedy 209

Conclusion: Mapping, Not the Map Bill Richardson 229

Notes on Contributors 241

Index 245

Editorial Reviews

"We know now that space is something more than a rough container of events that are occurring in time. It was one of the original purposes of geocriticism to help demonstrating it. Through their own lens, the contributors of Spatiality and Symbolic Expression explore the referential aspect of all a set of symbolic expressions. Four key-words are pointed out by Richardson: philosophy, psychology, plasticity, and power. By intertwining them appropriately, the contributors of this collection keep a perfect focus on the crossroad between spatial realities and symbolic expression." - Bertrand Westphal, Université de Limoges, France

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