Liminal Lands: Foraging the Margins of Human Habitation - Softcover

Quillien, Jenny; Lockwood, Sandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 098489425X ISBN 13: 9780984894253

Publisher: Hog Press, 2017

Synopsis

It stands to reason that writings on ‘sense of place’ focus on where people live. This monograph, however, respectfully turns its back on peopled environments in order to consider marginal lands—where the living ain’t easy and the inhabitants few. Geography matters, indeed, limits, molds, colors human life, determines sensibilities. Following a heuristic thread laid down by social anthropologist Victor Turner, the authors tap into the concept of liminality to scout out a path through landscape, geographic essence, liminaires, aesthetics, the sacred, hierophanticy, back country as wellspring, liminoids, and our counterfeit self. The authors source two case studies in their own backyards: Lockwood’s Northwest Coast of Canada and Quillien’s Four Corners of the American Southwest.

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About the Author

Jenny Quillien. French/American. Jenny splits working time between Europe and the USA. Degrees in anthropology (Licence, Paris), linguistics (Maitrise, Strasbourg) and industrial psychology (3ème cycle, Montpellier) and a late-life Masters in Eastern Classics from St John’s College, Santa Fe. Home is Santa Fe, New Mexico, the launching pad for many wanderings and hikes into her backyard liminal lands. Sandra Lockwood. Canadian. BA (University of Toronto, Asian Studies); BFA (Emily Carr University); MALS (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver); PhD in progress (Simon Fraser University). Home is Vancouver and a Gulf Island cabin getaway.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hog Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 098489425X
• ISBN 13: 9780984894253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 74