Cartographic Fictions by Karen Piper
Maps say as much about us as about the landscape. This text looks at maps in relation to journals, correspondence, advertisements and novels by authors such as Joseph Conrad and Michael Ondaatje. It follows the history of cartography from the establishment of the prime meridian to computer mapping.
In methodology, organization, and clarity of presentation, Piper offers a starling range of historical moments and genres of narrative, linked together persuasively and significantly in terms of the history of maps and the texts' own themes of mappingHer approach is original and her insights are major. - Susan Morgan, author of Place Matters: Gendered Geography in Victorian Women's Travel Books about Southeast Asia
KAREN PIPER teaches postcolonial studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813530734 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813530733 |
| Title | Cartographic Fictions |
| Author | Karen Piper |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
| Year published | 2002-04-22 |
| Number of pages | 238 |
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