'Disciples of flora' : gardens in history and culture / edited by Victoria Emma Pagán, Judith W. Page and Brigitte Weltman-Aron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pagán, Victoria Emma, editor.

Page, Judith W., 1951- editor.

Weltman-Aron, Brigitte, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardens--History.

Gardens.

Gardens in art.

Gardens--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

'Disciples of Flora' explores, through a variety of approaches, disciplines, and historical periods, the place and vitality of gardens as cultural objects, repositories of meaning, and sites for the construction of identity and subjectivity; gardens being an eminent locus where culture and nature meet. This collection of essays contributes to a revision of histories of gardens by broadening the scope of scholarly inquiry to include a long history from ancient Rome to the present, in which contesting memories delineate new apprehensions of topography and space. The contributors draw attention t

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Illustrations and Credits

Preface and Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part I: Gender

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part II: The Conceptual Garden

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Epilogue

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8131-7

OCLC:

921217008