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Author Olsson, Gunnar, 1935- author.

Title Arkography : a grand tour through the take-for-granted / Gunnar Olsson
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cultural geographies + rewriting the Earth
Contents Preface: Who is who and what is what? -- Enuma elish -- Gilgamesh -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Platopolis -- Saussurean Bar -- The republic -- Edging -- Island of truth -- Inside -- Basement -- Prophets' Hall -- Ball room -- Attic -- Penthouse -- Travelogue
Summary "Gunnar Olsson's tale follows an explorer from the oldest creation epics extant to the power struggles of today, an attempt to codify the taken-for-granted, a struggle with the invisible powers that make us so obedient and so predictable"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Creation -- Mythology -- History
Literature and myth -- Social aspects
Social systems in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Maps -- Social aspects
Cartography -- Philosophy
Cultural geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
Cartography -- Philosophy
Creation -- Mythology
Cultural geography
Power (Social sciences) in literature
Social systems in literature
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496221384
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