"Islands have long been viewed as both paradise and prison - we project onto them our deepest desires for freedom and escape, but also our greatest fears of forced isolation. This book asks: what can islands teach us about living sustainably, being alone or coexisting with others, coping with uncertainty, and making do? Island is an archipelago of ideas, drawing from research and first-hand experience living, working, and traveling to islands as far afield as Madeira and Cape Verde, Orkney and Svalbard, the Aran Islands and the Gulf Islands, Hong Kong and Manhattan"--
"Islands have long been viewed as both paradise and prison - we project onto them our deepest desires for freedom and escape, but also our greatest fears of forced isolation. This book asks: what can islands teach us about living sustainably, being alone or coexisting with others, coping with uncertainty, and making do? Island is an archipelago of ideas, drawing from research and first-hand experience living, working, and traveling to islands as far afield as Madeira and Cape Verde, Orkney and Svalbard, the Aran Islands and the Gulf Islands, Hong Kong and Manhattan"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Julian Hanna teaches Culture Studies at Tilburg University, Netherlands, where his research focuses on critical intersections between culture, politics, and technology. His books include Island (Bloomsbury, 2024) in the Object Lessons series, The Manifesto Handbook: 95 Theses on an Incendiary Form (2020), and Key Concepts in Modernist Literature (2008).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: Island Fever 2. Mourning (Vancouver Island Summer 2021) 3. Escape (Porto Santo Summer 2020) 4. Quarantine (Madeira Spring 2020) 5. Holiday (Belle Île Summer 2019) 6. Longing (São Vicente Spring 2019) 7. Experiment (Eday Fall 2017) 8. Darkness (Spitsbergen Winter 2017) 9. Cities (Hong Kong Spring 2016) 10. Nostalgia (Madeira 2014-2017) 11. Secrets (Ireland 1998-2000) 12. Pleasures (Ibiza 1997) 13. Crossings (Vancouver Island-Hawaii 1996-1997) 14. Rivers (Île de Montréal 1992-1996) 15. Imaginaries (Cougar Island 1977-1980) Coda: A packet of letters on Crete Desert Island Discs: Eight songs about islands Notes Acknowledgements Index