Landscape, Race and Memory: Material Ecologies of Citizenship

ISBN-13: 9781138254961 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 182 str.

Divya Praful Tolia-Kelly

Opis

This book examines the value of 'landscape and memory' for postcolonial migrants living in Britain. Reflecting on the cultural landscapes of British Asian women, it shows new spaces of memory to be as politically meaningful as the more formal spaces of memorialization. The book presents race memory as critical to English heritage and postcolonial politics and makes an important contribution to the writings on race and landscape

Recenzje

'This book will be inspiring to anyone interested in moving beyond the limits of conventional approaches to researching the experience of diaspora. Divya Tolia-Kelly shows how attention to visual and sensory memories and representations can enable new routes to understanding the identities and experiences of women migrants.' Sarah Pink, Loughborough University, UK 'Tolia-Kelly provides a critical and insightful analysis of the complexities of landscape and material culture, illuminating postcolonial Englishness through the lives of South Asian women in London. Landscape, Race and Memory is a landmark study in cultural geography.' David Matless, University of Nottingham, UK 'This outstanding monograph on British Asian women is a must-read for those interested in postcolonial politics, identity, visual culture, landscape, embodiment, and gender. Tolia-Kelly deftly develops through the notion of 'material ecologies' an exciting new way to think about belonging and citizenship. This book's appeal will stretch well beyond geography.' Robyn Longhurst, The University of Waikato, New Zealand 'Tolia-Kelly's emphasis on the multiple and varied connections to place and landscape that shape belonging, identity, and citizenship drew from oral histories, interviews on the visual and material cultures of the home, and in the creation of paintings. Landscape, Race and Memory, therefore, is a much needed contribution to the South Asian diaspora and is also an important contribution to anyone interested in new research designs on migration, identity, and memory work.' Space and Society - Environment and Planning D

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Ecologies of Citizenship; Chapter 2 Intimate Distance; Chapter 3 Ecological Thinking, Politics and Research Methodologies; Chapter 4 Diaspora Landscapes; Chapter 5 Material Memories; Chapter 6 Mediations in Memory/History; Chapter 7 Post-Colonial Ecologies of Citizenship; Chapter 101 Appendices;

O autorze

Dr Divya Praful Tolia-Kelly is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Durham, UK