Critical Toponymies : The Contested Politics of Place Naming

Name: Critical Toponymies
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780754674535
Price: 33850 KES
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ISBN: 9780754674535

by Jani Vuolteenaho

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Format Hardback

Book Series Re-materialising Cultural Geography

ISBN-10 0754674533

ISBN-13 9780754674535

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 28th, 2009

Print length 306 Pages

Weight 453 grams

Product Classification: Place names & gazetteers Human geography Place names and gazetteers

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Illuminates the key role of naming in the colonial silencing of indigenous cultures, canonization of nationalistic ideals into nomenclature of cities and topographic maps, as well as the formation of more or less fluid forms of postcolonial and urban identities.

While place names have long been studied by a few devoted specialists, approaches to them have been traditionally empiricist and uncritical in character. This book brings together recent works that conceptualize the hegemonic and contested practices of geographical naming. The contributors guide the reader into struggles over toponymy in a multitude of national and local contexts across Europe, North America, New Zealand, Asia and Africa. In a ground-breaking and multidisciplinary fashion, this volume illuminates the key role of naming in the colonial silencing of indigenous cultures, canonization of nationalistic ideals into nomenclature of cities and topographic maps, as well as the formation of more or less fluid forms of postcolonial and urban identities.

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