Contested Spaces, Common Ground
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2016-10-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004325807 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004325808 |
Rating | : 4/5 (808 Downloads) |
Download or read book Contested Spaces, Common Ground written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spaces are produced and shaped by discourses and, in turn, produce and shape discourses themselves. ‘Space’ is becoming a significant and complex concept for the encounter between people, cultures, religions, ideologies, politics, between histories and memories, the advantaged and the disadvantaged, the powerful and the weak. As a result, it provides a rich hermeneutical and methodological inventory for mapping interculturality and interreligiosity. This volume looks at space as a critical theory and epistemological tool within cultural studies that fosters the analysis of power structures and the deconstruction of representations of identities within our societies that are shaped by power.