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Author Baldacchino, John, author.

Title Makings of the sea : journey, doubt and nostalgia / by John Baldacchino
Published Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource
Series On Mediterranean aesthetics ; 1
Contents Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. TOUCHED HORIZONS -- 2. BODIES OF MEMORY -- 3. PRIVATE SHORES -- 4. A HOLE IN THE SKY -- 5. EVERYDAY'S HERESY -- 6. IN THE POISE OF WATER AND HILL -- 7. ON MEDITERRANEAN AESTHETICS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary Makings of the Sea is an inquiry into the makings of the Mediterranean imagination in the 20th century, focusing on specific cases in the visual and performing arts, music and literature. It also questions a number of populist perceptions of the Mediterranean and its cultures. Following a thematic structure that falls broadly under the headings of journey, doubt and nostalgia, this is an essay on Mediterranean aesthetics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)
Subject National characteristics, Mediterranean -- History -- 20th century
Art and society -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 20th century
Popular culture -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 20th century
Political culture -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 20th century
Aesthetics -- Social aspects -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 20th century
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
Aesthetics -- Social aspects
Art and society
Civilization
Intellectual life
National characteristics, Mediterranean
Political culture
Popular culture
Public opinion
Social conditions
SUBJECT Mediterranean Region -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Mediterranean Region -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Mediterranean Region -- Foreign public opinion
Mediterranean Region -- Civilization -- 20th century
Subject Mediterranean Region
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1463213271
9781463213275