Recently added articles from Journal of Cultural Geography:
Introduction.
Jun 01, 2009; ... It is my great pleasure to introduce the inaugural publication of the Cultural Geography Specialty Group (CGSG) Marquee Address in the Journal of Cultural Geography (JCG). Past Chair Artimus Keiffer began the tradition of a marquee speaker at the 2006 Association of American Geographers ...
A river running west: reflections on John Wesley Powell.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The American scientist, explorer, and conservationist John Wesley Powell (1834-1901) represents, in many ways, a counter to 19thcentury imperialism in the arid West: an approach to westward expansion that was more sensitive to failure and more eager to see the West secured in the hands of ...
Writing from above: representations of landscapes, places and people in the works of Antoine de Saint-Exupery.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Antoine de Saint-Exupery was a pioneering French aviator who helped to open airmail routes in North Africa and South America during the interwar years of the early twentieth century. He was also a celebrated author who described his piloting experiences and the relations between aviation, ...
The sensibility of aesthetic landscape concepts in the case of British West Indies travel narratives, 1815-1914.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... In the tradition of landscape traced back to the emergence of landscape painting, the techniques of art provided the basis for selecting a vantage point or prospect, from which to view the landscape, and for framing the scene. Meanwhile, the development of aesthetic concepts such as the ...
(Re)creating places and spaces in two countries: Brazilian transnational migration processes.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Brazilian immigration to the United States is a relatively recent phenomenon that gained momentum in the 1980s in unprecedented numbers. Today an estimated 1.2 million Brazilians live in the United States. Brazilians (re)create transnational places and spaces through social, cultural, and ...