Edward Casey and the Lost Boys: Displacement and Desolation
Environment, Space, Place 1 (2):131-152 (2009)
Abstract
In this essay, the author employs Edward S. Casey’s philosophy of place in order to perform a reading of Dave Eggers’ recent biographical novel, What is the What. This reading is dependant upon certain concepts that Casey articulates in Getting Back Into Place and Remembering, particularly the concepts of displacement, desolation, and homesteading. After an exegesis of these concepts, the author employs them in order to better understand the life of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the so-called ‘Lost Boys’ from southern Sudan. Since his life is largely a narrative of displacements, Deng’s story provides us with an exceptionally rich opportunity to implement Casey’s articulation of place.Author's Profile
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Getting Back Into Place: Toward a Renewed Understanding of the Place-world.Edward S. Casey - 1993 - Indiana University Press.