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Space, place, & identity-Notes for a lesson on The Hate U Give

2/1/2018

Yi-Fu Tuan (1977 ) first explored and articulated how ideas of space and place depend upon one other for definition, arguing that if ‘‘we think of space as that which allows movement, then place is a pause’’ (p. 6). Tim Cresswell elaborates on this claim, noting that ‘‘When humans invest meaning in a portion of space and then become attached to it in some way… , it becomes place’’ (2004 , p. 10). This place, then, can take the form of home, for Tuan, a fundamental concept to people around the globe.

Source: Glenn, Wendy. 2017. "Space and Place and the 'American’ Legacy: Female Protagonists and the Discovery of Self in Two Novels for Young Adults. Children's Literature in Education 48:378–395.

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