Cartographic Strategies of Postmodernity: The Figure of the Map in Contemporary Theory and Fiction

by Peta Mitchell

Book Overview

The last fifty years have witnessed the growing pervasiveness of the figure of the map in critical, theoretical, and fictional discourse. References to mapping and cartography are endemic in poststructuralist theory, and, similarly, geographically and culturally diverse authors of twentieth-century fiction seem fixated upon mapping. While the map metaphor has been employed for centuries to highlight issues of textual representation and epistemology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415809126
• ISBN13: 9780415809122
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"