Virtual geographies : : bodies, space and relations / / edited by Mike Crang, Phil Crang and Jon May.
This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century. They discuss how these agents are instrumental in the production of homogenous world-spaces, and how htese, in turn, presuppose ne...
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| Superior document: | Sussex studies in culture and communication |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London ;, New York : : Routledge,, 1999. |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sussex studies in culture and communication.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century. They discuss how these agents are instrumental in the production of homogenous world-spaces, and how htese, in turn, presuppose new kinds of political and cultural identity.Virtual Geographies explores how new communication technologies are being used to produce new geographies and new types of space. Leading contributors from a wide range of disciplines including geography, sociology, philosophy and literatur |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-314). |
| ISBN: | 1134703740 9042009861 0203169425 0203285905 1280326190 1134703759 9786610326198 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Mike Crang, Phil Crang and Jon May. |