Place, Art, and Self - Softcover

Yi-fu Tuan

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ISBN 10: 1930066244 ISBN 13: 9781930066243

Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 2004

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Place, Art, and Self "What do place, art, and self have in common? To what extent do place and art define who we are?" In "Place, Art, and Self, " the renowned humanistic geographer Yi-Fu Tuan tackles this large question in a small, accessible, beautifully illustrated book. Through memoir and the insights gained from a peripatetic life as an international scholar, Tuan explores the idea of attachment through place and art and the role of attachment in shaping, defining, and expanding the self.Inasmuch as a place contains sources of "nurture and identity," Tuan writes, so, too, does a painting, photograph, poem, novel, motion picture, dance, or piece of music. "The arts are likew...

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Tuan gives us a way of seeing the world that illuminates the relatedness of its parts - and, in doing so, he makes geography absolutely essential. - J. Nicholas Entrikin, University of California, Los Angeles

About the Author:

Yi-Fu Tuan is the John. K. Wright Professor of Geography Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the author of more than a dozen books, including Escapism and Who Am I?.

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