Nature Performed by Bronislaw Szerszynski

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This book brings together contributions from scholars across the humanities. ∗ A wide–ranging exploration of the interface between performance and nature. ∗ Examines the use and usefulness of ideas of ′performance′ for understanding human–nature relationships.

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Nature Performed by Bronislaw Szerszynski

This book brings together contributions from scholars across the humanities. A wideranging exploration of the interface between performance and nature. Examines the use and usefulness of ideas of performance for understanding humannature relationships.
A testimonial to the passions, responsibilities and creative activism currently being enacted in areas of environmental concern..the book overall makes an important contribution, with many strong and interesting chapters, and should have appeal across a wide range of audiences. Environmental Values, vol 14/4

In more ways than one, this book challenges us to use our imaginations. Cultural Geographies

Bronislaw Szerszynski is Lecturer in Environment and Culture at the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy at Lancaster University. He is the author of The Sacralization of Nature: Nature and the Sacred in the Global Age (Blackwell Publishing, 2004) and co-editor of Re-ordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics (2003) and Risk, Environment and Modernity: Towards a New Ecology (1996).


Wallace Heim is a doctoral student. She has exhibited sculpture internationally and designed for the theatre, television and film.


Claire Waterton is Lecturer in Environment and Social Policy at the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy at Lancaster University.

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ISBN 13 9781405114646
ISBN 10 1405114649
Title Nature Performed
Author Bronislaw Szerszynski
Series Sociological Review Monographs
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Year published 2004-01-30
Number of pages 238
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