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The Boundless Self: Communication in Physical and Virtual Spaces (Space, Place and Society)
Paul C. Adams
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Description for The Boundless Self: Communication in Physical and Virtual Spaces (Space, Place and Society)
Hardcover. Using the body as an axis for geographical theory, this book argues that communication empowers self to constantly transcend its physical limits. It urges complete review of personal borders in space and time based on symbols, signs and signals that redefine ties to the tangible world. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 photographs, 5 figures, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
Using the body as an axis for geographical theory, this book argues that communication empowers self to constantly transcend its physical limits. It urges complete review of personal borders in space and time based on symbols, signs and signals that redefine ties to the tangible world, i.e., ""Dear John"" letters, layout of furniture in rooms, or chronic illness. Paul C. Adams shows how vehicular transit has altered traditional modalities like walking or biking while navigation of space and virtual space has led to ""boundary blurring."" He covers transforming moments in communication from the rise of writing to invention of the ... Read more
Using the body as an axis for geographical theory, this book argues that communication empowers self to constantly transcend its physical limits. It urges complete review of personal borders in space and time based on symbols, signs and signals that redefine ties to the tangible world, i.e., ""Dear John"" letters, layout of furniture in rooms, or chronic illness. Paul C. Adams shows how vehicular transit has altered traditional modalities like walking or biking while navigation of space and virtual space has led to ""boundary blurring."" He covers transforming moments in communication from the rise of writing to invention of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815630562
SKU
V9780815630562
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About Paul C. Adams
Paul C. Adams is assistant professor of geography at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the coeditor of Textures of Place and the author of numerous articles on geography and related subjects.
Reviews for The Boundless Self: Communication in Physical and Virtual Spaces (Space, Place and Society)
Adams's take on communications is tragic/comic/hopeful, a posture that is bound to upset academic writers who have opted for so long to be tragic/ironic/cynical. . . . At last geography has a new voice—original, powerful, and eloquent—that deserves to command the respect of the learned world. Encyclopedic in scope, Paul Adams presents an enticing romantic vision on what it means ... Read more