Walls, Borders, Boundaries Spatial and Cultural Practices in Europe

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Synopsis

How is it that walls, borders, boundaries—and their material and symbolic architectures of division and exclusion—engender their very opposite? This edited volume explores the crossings, permeations, and constructions of cultural and political borders between peoples and territories, examining how walls, borders, and boundaries signify both interdependence and contact within sites of conflict and separation. Topics addressed range from the geopolitics of Europe’s historical and contemporary city walls to conceptual reflections on the intersection of human rights and separating walls, the memory politics generated in historically disputed border areas, theatrical explorations of border crossings, and the mapping of boundaries within migrant communities.

Book details

Series:
Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association (Book 4)
Author:
Marc Silberman, Karen E. Till, Janet Ward
ISBN:
9781782386865
Related ISBNs:
9780857455055
Publisher:
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Pages:
282
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-08-12
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, History, Nonfiction, Sociology