Introduction
-
Brian Baker
Abstract
This chapter introduces Iain Sinclair, who is a good example of the figure of the visionary outsider, and the author of known works such as Edge of the Orison and Lud Heat. It first presents a general description of Sinclair and his works, and then turns to his change of focus that corresponds to what has been called as the ‘spatial turn’ in social and critical theory. It shows that walking is Sinclair's practice of studying the spatial configurations modern life. Here, the chapter focuses on flâneur and the practice of ‘tactical’ walking.
Abstract
This chapter introduces Iain Sinclair, who is a good example of the figure of the visionary outsider, and the author of known works such as Edge of the Orison and Lud Heat. It first presents a general description of Sinclair and his works, and then turns to his change of focus that corresponds to what has been called as the ‘spatial turn’ in social and critical theory. It shows that walking is Sinclair's practice of studying the spatial configurations modern life. Here, the chapter focuses on flâneur and the practice of ‘tactical’ walking.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Series editor’s foreword ix
- Acknowledgements xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Space and time, myth and place 33
- 2 Whitechapel autopsy 60
- 3 The widow; or, the critical baroque 80
- 4 Internal exiles 103
- 5 The visual text 117
- 6 Driven to the margins 138
- 7 Borderlands 161
- References 180
- Index 189
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Series editor’s foreword ix
- Acknowledgements xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Space and time, myth and place 33
- 2 Whitechapel autopsy 60
- 3 The widow; or, the critical baroque 80
- 4 Internal exiles 103
- 5 The visual text 117
- 6 Driven to the margins 138
- 7 Borderlands 161
- References 180
- Index 189
