ISBN:
9789042018761
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (588 p., [52] p. of plates)
,
ill. (some col.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Architecture, technology, culture 1
Parallel Title:
Print version Space in America : Theory - History - Culture
DDC:
306.460973
Keywords:
Arts, Modern Themes, motives
;
Space (Architecture)
;
Space and time
Abstract:
America's sense of space has always been tied to what Hayden White called the "narrativization" of real events. If the awe-inspiring manifestations of nature in America (Niagara Falls, Virginia's Natural Bridge, the Grand Canyon, etc.) were often used as a foil for projecting utopian visions and idealizations of the nation's exceptional place among the nations of the world, the rapid technological progress and its concomitant appropriation of natural spaces served equally well, as David Nye argues, to promote the dominant cultural idiom of exploration and conquest.From the beginning
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Concepts of Space in American Culture: An Introduction; Theory; Landscape / Nature; Technoscape / Architecture / Urban Utopia; Literature; Performance / Film / Visual Arts; Contributors
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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