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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794191703321

Autore

Olsson Gunnar <1935->

Titolo

Arkography : a grand tour through the taken-for-granted / / Gunnar Olsson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2020

ISBN

1-4962-2138-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Cultural geographies + rewriting the Earth

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Creation - Mythology - History

Maps - Social aspects

Literature and myth - Social aspects

Cartography - Philosophy

Social systems in literature

Power (Social sciences) in literature

Cultural geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: Who is who and what is what? -- Enuma elish -- Gilgamesh -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Platopolis -- Saussurean Bar -- The republic -- Edging -- Island of truth -- Inside -- Basement -- Prophets' Hall -- Ball room -- Attic -- Penthouse -- Travelogue.

Sommario/riassunto

"Gunnar Olsson's tale follows an explorer from the oldest creation epics extant to the power struggles of today, an attempt to codify the taken-for-granted, a struggle with the invisible powers that make us so obedient and so predictable"--