Virtual Geographies Bodies, Space and Relations

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Synopsis

This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century. They discuss how these agents are instrumental in the production of homogenous world-spaces, and how htese, in turn, presuppose new kinds of political and cultural identity.Virtual Geographies explores how new communication technologies are being used to produce new geographies and new types of space. Leading contributors from a wide range of disciplines including geography, sociology, philosophy and literature:* investigate how visions of cyberspace have been constructed* offer a critical assessment of the status of virtual environments and geographies* explore how virtual environments reshape the way we think and write about the world. This book sets recent technological developments in a historical and geographical perspective to offer a clearer view of the new vistas ahead.

Book details

Series:
Sussex Studies in Culture and Communication
Author:
Mike Crang, Phil Crang, Jon May
ISBN:
9781134703746
Related ISBNs:
9780203169421, 9780415168274, 9780415168274, 9780415168281, 9780415168281
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-06-20
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1999
Copyright by:
Mike Crang, Phil Crang and Jon May for the collection 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Earth Sciences, Nonfiction, Social Studies