Narratives of Nature

Perspectives of Cultural Construction. Edited by Wolfgang Riedel.

Seven essays address, within the social and cultura contexts of British tradition, some major aspects of how we look at, and construct our perceptions of Nature. Contents: Wolfgang Riedel: Introduction: Nature - Raw or Cooked? - David Russel: The Wilderness at Arlington: an Enquiry. - John O'Neill: Nature, Culture and Politics. - Kate Soper: Nature as Cultural Other: Ecology, Sexuality and the Genderisation of Nature. - Bernhard Klein: 'Proportion Geometricall hath no man opprest': The Politics of Estate Surveying in Early Modern England. - Susanne Scholz: Stretching the Limits of Arcadia: Landscapes of Desire in "Windsor Forest" and "The Rape of the Lock". - Holger Rossow: New Labour and Environmental Politics. 131 Seiten, broschiert (Verlag Die Blaue Eule 1999) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear