Landscapes of liminality : between space and place

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    • Downey, Dara
    • Kinane, Ian
    • Parker, Elizabeth

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Landscapes of liminality : between space and place

edited by Dara Downey, Ian Kinane, and Elizabeth Parker

Rowman & Littlefield, 2018, c2016

  • : PB

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Includes bibliographical references and index

First paperback edition published 2018--T.p. verso

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Description

Landscapes of Liminality expands upon existing notions of spatial practice and spatial theory, and examines more intricately the contingent notion of "liminality" as a space of "in-between-ness" that avoids either essentialism or stasis. It capitalises on the extensive research that has already been undertaken in this area, and elaborates on the increasingly important and interrelated notion of liminality within contemporary discussions of spatial practice and theories of place. Bringing together international scholarship, the book offers a broad range of cross-disciplinary approaches to theories of liminality including literary studies, cultural studies, human geography, social studies, and art and design. The volume offers a timely and fascinating intervention which will help in shaping current debates concerning landscape theory, spatial practice, and discussions of liminality.

Table of Contents

Foreword: "A Utopia of the In-Between", or, Limning the Liminal, Robert T. Tally Jr / Introduction: Locating Liminality: Space, Place, and the In-Between, Dara Downey, Ian Kinane, and Elizabeth Parker / Section One: Liminal Spaces and Places / 1. Close Listening: Urban Soundscapes in Ulysses, Manhattan Transfer, and Berlin Alexanderplatz, Annika Eisenberg / 2. "Cities of the Insane": The Asylum as Ruin in Recent American Horror Narratives, Bernice M. Murphy / 3. In Between Days: Domestic Liminality in the Work of Aideen Barry, Tracy Fahey / 4. Victorian Fireside Storytelling: Christmas, Ritual, and Liminality in Round the Fire: Six Stories, Kate Forrester / 5. "Weren't all true nomads at their happiest in limbo?": Hauntings in Non-Places in Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black and Nicola Barker's Darkmans, Kathryn Bird / Section Two: Liminal Identities / 6. Figures in a Foreign Landscape: Aspects of Liminality in Shaun Tan's The Arrival, Melanie Otto / 7. Liminal Identities of Migrant Groups: The Old Russian Believers of Romania, Cristina Clopot / 8. "Tinkers", "Itinerants", "Travellers": Liminality and Irish Traveller Identity, Noelle Mann / 9. High Heels and Hard Men: The Liminal Process of Becoming a Warrior, Mark Doyle / 10. Letters of Liminality: Print Texts as Spaces of Transgressive Desire in Thomas Hardy's "On the Western Circuit", Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou / Notes on Contributors/ Index

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