Spatiality And Symbolic Expression Hardcover

India

Bill Richardson

In this volume, scholars from a wide range of fields within the humanities explore the links between space and place and their relation to cultural expression. This collection shows that a focus on the spatial can help elucidate important facets of symbolic expression and cultural production, whether it be literature, music, dance, films, or art.

1137502894

9781137502896

English

Palgrave MacMillan

21 Jul 2015

250

Felix O Murchadha, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Christiane Schoenfeld, Mary Immaculate College, Ireland Ulf Strohmayer, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Lillis O Laoire, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Paul Carter, RMIT University, Australia Paolo Bartoloni, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Karen Le Rossignol, Deakin University, Australia Conn Holohan, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Catherine Emerson, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Miles Kennedy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

We know now that space is something more than a rough container of events that are occurring in time. It was one of the original purposes of geocriticism to help demonstrating it. Through their own lens, the contributors of Spatiality and Symbolic Expression explore the referential aspect of all a set of symbolic expressions. Four key-words are pointed out by Richardson: philosophy, psychology, plasticity, and power. By intertwining them appropriately, the contributors of this collection keep a perfect focus on the crossroad between spatial realities and symbolic expression. - Bertrand Westphal, Universite de Limoges, France