Critical toponymies: the contested politics of place naming
Auteur :
Vuolteenaho, Jani
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780754674535
Date de publication :
28 sept. 2009
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Illuminates the key role of naming in the colonial silencing of indigenous cultures, canonization of nationalistic ideals into nomenclature of cities and topographic maps, as well as the formation of more or less fluid forms of postcolonial and urban identities.