Hollow and home : a history of self and place / E. Fred Carlisle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlisle, E. Fred (Ervin Fred), 1935- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carlisle, E. Fred (Ervin Fred), 1935---Homes and haunts.

Carlisle, E. Fred.

Carlisle, E. Fred (Ervin Fred), 1935-.

Place (Philosophy).

Personal space--Psychological aspects.

Personal space.

Dwellings--Psychological aspects.

Dwellings.

Architecture and society.

Identity (Psychology).

Space and time.

Human geography.

Physical Description:

xii, 199 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

History of self and place

Place of Publication:

Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Hollow and Home explores the ways the primary places in our lives shape the individuals we become. It proposes that place is a complex and dynamic phenomenon. Place refers to geographical and constructed places--location, topography, landscape, and buildings. It also refers to the psychological, social, and cultural influences at work at a given location. These elements act in concert to constitute a place. Carlisle incorporates perspectives from writers like Edward S. Casey, Christian Norberg-Schulz, Yi-Fu Tuan, and Witold Rybczynski, but he applies theory with a light touch. Placing this literature in dialog with personal experience, he concentrates on two places that profoundly influenced him and enabled him to overcome a lifelong sense of always leaving his pasts behind. The first is Clover Hollow in Appalachian Virginia, where the author lived for ten years among fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-generation residents. The people and places there enabled him to value his own past and primary places in a new way. The story then turns to Carlisle's life growing up in Delaware, Ohio. He describes in rich detail the ways the town shaped him in both enabling and disabling ways. In the end, after years of moving from place to place, Carlisle's experience in Appalachia helped him rediscover his hometown--both the Old Delaware, where he grew up, and the New Delaware, a larger, thriving small city--as his true home. The themes of the book transcend specific localities and speak to the relationship of self and place everywhere"-- Provided by publisher.

"Hollow and Home explores the ways the primary places in our lives shape the individuals we become. It proposes that place is a complex and dynamic phenomenon. Place refers to geographical and constructed places-- location, topography, landscape, and buildings. It also refers to the psychological, social, and cultural influences at work at a given location. These elements act in concert to constitute a place. Carlisle incorporates perspectives from writers like Edward S. Casey, Christian Norberg-Schulz, Yi-Fu Tuan, and Witold Rybczynski, but he applies theory with a light touch. Placing this literature in dialog with personal experience, he concentrates on two places that profoundly influenced him and enabled him to overcome a lifelong sense of always leaving his pasts behind"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781943665822

1943665826

9781943665815

1943665818

OCLC:

983824460