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Critical Toponymies: The Contested Politics of Place Naming - Re-materialising Cultural Geography Jani Vuolteenaho New edition
Critical Toponymies: The Contested Politics of Place Naming - Re-materialising Cultural Geography
Jani Vuolteenaho
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.
270 pages, includes 2 b&w illustrations, 6 line drawings, 6 maps & 5 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 28, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780754674535 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 306 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 19 mm · 453 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Berg, Lawrence D. |