Choreographies of Landscape
Author | : Sally Ann Ness |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2016-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781785331176 |
ISBN-13 | : 1785331175 |
Rating | : 4/5 (175 Downloads) |
Download or read book Choreographies of Landscape written by Sally Ann Ness and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an international ecotourism destination, Yosemite National Park welcomes millions of climbers, sightseers, and other visitors from around the world annually, all of whom are afforded dramatic experiences of the natural world. This original and cross-disciplinary book offers an ethnographic and performative study of Yosemite visitors in order to understand human connection with and within natural landscapes. By grounding a novel “eco-semiotic” analysis in the lived reality of parkgoers, it forges surprising connections, assembling a collective account that will be of interest to disciplines ranging from performance studies to cultural geography.