Hollow and Home: A History of Self and Place

"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"--

Author: E. Fred Carlisle
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781943665822
ISBN10: 1943665826
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Social Science | Human Geography

About the Author
E. Fred Carlisle has been writing about identity and place for years. He is the author of four previous books--two memoirs and studies of Walt Whitman and of Loren Eiseley. A former provost at Virginia Tech, he grew up in Ohio, enjoyed a long academic career, lived for a decade in the rural Virginia mountains, and now divides his time between Virginia and South Florida. Learn more at Hollow and Home.