Islands in History and Representation
Edmond, Rod / Smith, Vanessa
This innovative collection of essays explores the ways in which islands have been used, imagined and theorised, both by island dwellers and continentals. This study considers how island dwellers of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans conceived of themselves and their relation to proximate mainlands, and examines the particular fascination that islands have long held in the European imagination. Early essays in the collection address the si...