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Mountain: Nature and Culture
Veronica Della Dora
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Description for Mountain: Nature and Culture
Paperback. In this compelling journey through peaks both real and imaginary, Veronica della Dora explores how the history of mountains is deeply interlaced with cultural values and aesthetic tastes, with religious beliefs and scientific practices. Series: Earth. Num Pages: 248 pages, 100 illustrations, 70 in colour. BIC Classification: WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Majestic and awe-inspiring, mountains demand our attention. Through the centuries, they have both repulsed and attracted. They have been appreciated and despised as sites of divine and diabolic sublimity, as the dwellings of gods and demons, hermits and revolutionaries. Mountain encounters have defined ways of seeing. They have changed our sense of time. They have pushed the boundary between life and death. Progressively tamed, exploited, even commodified, today mountains continue to attract seekers of spiritual quietness and of extreme emotions alike, as well as weekend travellers looking for a break from the everyday.In this compelling journey through peaks both real ... Read more
Majestic and awe-inspiring, mountains demand our attention. Through the centuries, they have both repulsed and attracted. They have been appreciated and despised as sites of divine and diabolic sublimity, as the dwellings of gods and demons, hermits and revolutionaries. Mountain encounters have defined ways of seeing. They have changed our sense of time. They have pushed the boundary between life and death. Progressively tamed, exploited, even commodified, today mountains continue to attract seekers of spiritual quietness and of extreme emotions alike, as well as weekend travellers looking for a break from the everyday.In this compelling journey through peaks both real ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Earth
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780236476
SKU
V9781780236476
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About Veronica Della Dora
Veronica della Dora is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her books include Imagining Mount Athos: Visions of a Holy Place from Homer to World War II (2011) and Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium (2016).
Reviews for Mountain: Nature and Culture
This delightful tribute to mountains judiciously blends an aesthetic appreciation of mountains with an objective understanding of their geographic features. Recommended.
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