Beschreibung:
Between Absence and Presence contains six empirically-focussed chapters introducing case study locations and contexts from around the world. In exploring the political dimensions of absence and presence, these studies bring new insight to theorize the relationship between these two complex terms.
1. Introduction. Between Absence and Presence: Geographies of Hiding, Invisibility and Silence 2. A Crisis of Presence: On-line Culture and Being in the World 3. Political Presence and the Politics of Noise 4. Knowing (or Not) about Katyn¿ : The Silencing and Surfacing of Public Memory 5. Criminals with 'Community Spirit': Practising Citizenship in the Hidden World of the Prison 6. Negotiating Absence and Presence: Rural Muslims and 'Subterranean' Sacred Spaces 7. Invisible Targets, Strengthened Morale: Static Camouflage as a 'Weapon of the Weak'