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1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Thamyris intersecting,
1381-1312 ;
no. 12
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Thamyris intersecting ; no. 12.
1381-1312
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Theorizing Metaphoricity, Reconceptualizing Politics; Part I: Metaphoricity and Postmodern Theory; Mobile Concepts, Metaphor, and the Problem of Referentiality in Deleuze and Guattari; The State of Territory under Globalization: Empire and the Politics of Reterritorialization; Part II: Mobilizing the Politics of Theory; Making up Chinese-Americans: Moral Geographies of Immigration in the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and The Peopling of America Theme Study Act (2001); Land to Light On? Making Reparation in a Time of Transnationality. |
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Relocating the Idea of Europe: Keith Piper's Other HeadingsPart III: Mobilizing the Theory of Politics; Ambient Fears; On the Road with Lamerica: Immigrants, Refugees and the Poor; Metaphoring: Making a Niche of Negative Space; List of Figures; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
This collection of essays investigates the convergence between the postmodern politics of mobility and a politics of metaphor, a politics, in other words, in the context of which the production and displacement of meaning(s) constitute the major stakes. Ranging from discussions of re-territorialization, multiculturalism, "digisporas" and transnational politics and ethics, to September 11th, the Pentagon's New Map, American legislation on Chinese immigration, Gianni Amelio's film Lamerica, Keith Piper's online installations and Doris Salcedo's Atrabiliarios, the collection aims to follow thre. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Population geography.
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Population geography. |
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Population geography -- Political aspects.
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Population geography -- Political aspects. |
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Transnationalism.
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Transnationalism. |
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Process philosophy.
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Process philosophy. |
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Culture and globalization.
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Culture and globalization. |
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Metaphor.
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Metaphor. |
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Movement, Psychology of.
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Movement, Psychology of. |
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Place (Philosophy)
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Place (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Margaroni, Maria.
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Yiannopoulou, Effie.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Metaphoricity and the politics of mobility. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, ©2006 9789042020344 9042020342 (OCoLC)76784885 |
| ISBN |
9781429456463 (electronic book) |
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1429456469 (electronic book) |
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9789401203234 |
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9401203237 |
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9042020342 (paperback) |
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9789042020344 (paperback) |
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