The Sahara as a Bridge, Not a Barrier: An Essay and Book Review on Recent Transregional Perspectives
Abstract In the course of the spatial turn, long-established regional subdivisions of the world have been deconstructed, and area studies are increasingly opening up for transregional research. One (re)emerging research field is Trans-Saharan Studies, which considers historical and contemporary enta...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Neue politische Literatur. - VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 1956. - 65(2020), 3 vom: 24. Sept., Seite 449-472 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2020
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Neue politische Literatur |
| Schlagworte: | Area studies metageographies transregional entanglements Sahara Maghreb Sahel |
| Zusammenfassung: | Abstract In the course of the spatial turn, long-established regional subdivisions of the world have been deconstructed, and area studies are increasingly opening up for transregional research. One (re)emerging research field is Trans-Saharan Studies, which considers historical and contemporary entanglements between the Maghreb, the Sahara and the Sahel (with further connections far beyond). Against this background, Steffen Wippel’s essay reviews six recently published works that can be assigned to trans-Saharan research: two comprehensive textbooks and a catalogue written in French, two edited volumes that tackle entangled trans-Saharan and trans-Mediterranean migration flows and a study of an enclosed, yet widely interconnected inner-Saharan place and population group. |
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| Beschreibung: | © The Author(s) 2020 |
| ISSN: | 0028-3320 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s42520-020-00318-y |