Elizabeth Pigou-Dennis
Biographic Data
| ID | 6801048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Pigou-Dennis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Pigou-Dennis |
| SIGNATURE | PIGOU-DENNIS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Technology, Jamaica |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Island Modernity
This paper explores peripheral modernity in the island of Jamaica. Jamaica’s self-perception of being an island, as evidenced in texts and imagery, is not one that is peripheral, bounded, limited, small, or isolated. The trope of islandness, of interest to travellers and tourists, has been expressed both visually and textually, but it centers on being a tropical location as opposed to islandness per se. Although there has been a practical, litera…
Accidental and ideal island cities
This paper explores processes of islanding, de-islanding, and re-islanding in the context of island cities. Although today popularly associated with rural, peripheral, and isolated landscapes, concepts of the ideal city coincided in Medieval and Renaissance Europe with emergent notions of the ideal island. Major European cities such as Amsterdam, Paris, and Copenhagen were established on densely urbanized small islands. In accordance with dominan…
Accidental and ideal island cities
This paper explores processes of islanding, de-islanding, and re-islanding in the context of island cities. Although today popularly associated with rural, peripheral, and isolated landscapes, concepts of the ideal city coincided in Medieval and Renaissance Europe with emergent notions of the ideal island. Major European cities such as Amsterdam, Paris, and Copenhagen were established on densely urbanized small islands. In accordance with dominan…
Island Modernity
This paper explores peripheral modernity in the island of Jamaica. Jamaica’s self-perception of being an island, as evidenced in texts and imagery, is not one that is peripheral, bounded, limited, small, or isolated. The trope of islandness, of interest to travellers and tourists, has been expressed both visually and textually, but it centers on being a tropical location as opposed to islandness per se. Although there has been a practical, litera…
Accidental and ideal island cities
This paper explores processes of islanding, de-islanding, and re-islanding in the context of island cities. Although today popularly associated with rural, peripheral, and isolated landscapes, concepts of the ideal city coincided in Medieval and Renaissance Europe with emergent notions of the ideal island. Major European cities such as Amsterdam, Paris, and Copenhagen were established on densely urbanized small islands. In accordance with dominan…
Island Modernity
This paper explores peripheral modernity in the island of Jamaica. Jamaica’s self-perception of being an island, as evidenced in texts and imagery, is not one that is peripheral, bounded, limited, small, or isolated. The trope of islandness, of interest to travellers and tourists, has been expressed both visually and textually, but it centers on being a tropical location as opposed to islandness per se. Although there has been a practical, litera…
Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Archipelago (1 work) · Architecture (1 work) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 work) · Civil engineering (1 work) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)