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Cartographic Fictions: Maps, Race, and Identity | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
Category: EBooks
List Price: $17.96
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 72278
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 220
Dewey Decimal Number: 912
ASIN: B000RGUOV2
Publication Date: July 2002
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Product Description
Maps are stories as much about us as about the landscape. They reveal changing perceptions of the natural world, as well as conflicts over the acquisition of territories. Cartographic Fictions looks at maps in relation to journals, correspondence, advertisements, and novels by authors such as Joseph Conrad and Michael Ondaatje. In her innovative study, Karen Piper follows the history of cartography through three stages: the establishment of the prime meridian, the development of aerial photography, and the emergence of satellite and computer mapping. Piper follows the cartographer's impulse to "leave the ground" as the desire to escape the racialized or gendered subject. With the distance that the aerial view provided, maps could then be produced "objectively," that is, devoid of "problematic" native interference. Piper attempts to bring back the dialogue of the "native informant," demonstrating how maps have historically constructed or betrayed anxieties about race. The book also attempts to bring back key areas of contact to the map between explorer/native and masculine/feminine definitions of space.
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Very informative & insightful October 9, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is an interesting analysis of the role of race and gender in mapping expeditions and the development of cartographic technologies. Highly recommended!
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