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dc.contributor.editorCampbell, Courtney J.
dc.contributor.editorGiovine, Allegra
dc.contributor.editorKeating, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-27T16:45:58Z
dc.date.available2020-05-27T16:45:58Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifierONIX_20200527_9781909646520_25
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39399
dc.description.abstractHow is emptiness made and what historical purpose does it serve? What cultural, material and natural work goes into maintaining ‘nothingness’? Why have a variety of historical actors, from colonial powers to artists and urban dwellers, sought to construct, control and maintain (physically and discursively) empty space, and by which processes is emptiness discovered, visualised and reimagined? This volume draws together contributions from authors working on landscapes and rurality, along with national and imperial narratives, from Brazil to Russia and Ireland. It considers the visual, including the art of Edward Hopper and the work of the British Empire Marketing Board, while concluding with a section that examines constructions of emptiness in relation to capitalism, development and the (re)appropriation of urban space. In doing so, it foregrounds the importance of emptiness as a productive prism through which to interrogate a variety of imperial, national, cultural and urban history. Published as part of the IHR Conference Series by the Institute of Historical Research.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIHR Conference Series
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction proseen_US
dc.subject.otherspace
dc.subject.otherplace
dc.subject.otherabsence
dc.subject.otherEdward Hopper
dc.subject.otherConnemara
dc.subject.otherrural
dc.subject.otherurban
dc.subject.otherair
dc.subject.othersea
dc.subject.otherempire
dc.subject.otherterritory
dc.subject.otherEmpire Marketing Board
dc.subject.otherBiography & True Stories
dc.titleEmpty Spaces
dc.title.alternativePerspectives on emptiness in modern history
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.14296/919.9781909646520
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy4af45bb1-d463-422d-9338-fa2167dddc34
oapen.imprintUniversity of London Press
oapen.pages226
oapen.place.publicationLondon


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