ISBN: 9781877372810 - beyond the scene: landscape and identity in aotearoa new zealand: landscape & identity in aotearoa new zealand (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 221 pages. cover worn If a nation could be said to have a dominant passion, New Zealand's would be its landscapes. Images of spectacular natural features pervade the media - in th e pages of glossy coffee-table books, in tourism promotions, and on movie screen s as the setting for blockbuster movies - but are these scenes that define its p eople? For Beyond the Scene, 11 well-known writers from a range of disciplines h ave been asked to explore the many meanings of landscape by choosing one that wa s important to them and writing about it from the perspective of their life expe rience and knowledge. From farmer to art historian and film critic, geographer a nd planner to lawyer, from landscape architect to poet and environmentalist - th ese are diverse voices. Each writer discusses a very different landscape, includ ing Auckland's southern suburbs, rural Waikato, a planned town in Canterbury, mu ch-filmed Otago, Taranaki's iconic volcano, and more. Together, they investigate the relationship landscape has to identity, community, and psyche.…