Landscapes of fear

Landscapes of Fear is renowned geographer Yi-Fu Tuan's influential exploration of the spaces of fear and of how these landscapes shift during our lives and vary throughout history. In this groundbreaking work--now with a new preface by the author--Yi-Fu Tuan reaches back into our prehistory to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tuan, Yi-fu, 1930-2022 (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press 2013.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798216506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Fear in the Growing Child
  • 3. The Child as Unformed Nature
  • 4. "Fearless" Societies
  • 5. Fear of Nature: Great Hunters and Pioneer Farmers
  • 6. Natural Calamities and Famines
  • 7. Fear in the Medieval World
  • 8. Fear of Disease
  • 9. Fear of Human Nature: Witches
  • 10. Fear of Human Nature: Ghosts
  • 11. Violence and Fear in the Countryside
  • 12. Fear in the City
  • 13. Public Humiliation and Execution
  • 14. Exile and Confinement
  • 15. The Open Circle
  • 16. Fears: Past and Present
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z.