Traveling in place : a history of armchair travel
Stiegler, Bernd2013
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Armchair travel may seem like an oxymoron. Doesn't travel require us to leave the house? Anyone who has lost themselves in a novel or a film knows the feeling of having explored and experienced a different place or time without ever leaving your seat
Main title:
Traveling in place : a history of armchair travel / by Bernd Stiegler; translated from the German by Peter Filkins
Author:
Imprint:
Chicago The University of Chicago Press 2013
Collation:
253 pages illustrations
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Brief travel guide -- The journey around the room -- Pilgrimages -- The 'Frauenzimmer' -- Expeditions in the near-at-hand -- Framed views -- The life of plants -- The life of objects -- The journey through a sea of images -- Dark chambers -- Interiors -- The flaneur -- Peregrinations -- Travels with a room -- A cinematic baedeker -- The journey to la defense -- Journeys into the world as text -- The journey into oneself -- Crossing-crisscrossing -- Cinematic explorations -- Near distance -- The final journey
ISBN:
9780226774671 (hbk)
Dewey class:
809.9332 TRA
Local class:
809.9332
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
6548
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 809.9332 TRA | Available |