Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
3-1999
Abstract
This paper reviews research on deathscapes, particularly by geographers in the last decade, and argues that many of the issues addressed reflect the concerns that have engaged cultural geographers during the same period. In particular, necrogeographical research reveals the relevance of deathscapes to theoretical arguments about the social constructedness of race, class, gender, nation and nature; the ideological underpinnings of landscapes, the contestation of space, the centrality of place and the multiplicity of meanings. This paper therefore highlights how the focus on one particular form of landscape reveals macro-cultural geographical research interests and trends.
Keywords
cultural geography, memory, social construction, Singapore
Discipline
Asian Studies | Human Geography | Sociology of Culture | Urban Studies
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Australian Geographical Studies
Volume
37
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
10
ISSN
0004-9190
Identifier
10.1111/1467-8470.00061
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
Kong, Lily.(1999). Cemetaries and Columbaria, Memorials and Mausoleums: Narrative and Interpretation in the Study of Deathscapes in Geography. Australian Geographical Studies, 37(1), 1-10.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1819
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1109/10.1111/1467-8470.00061
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