Yi fu tuan autobiography books

Yi-Fu Tuan

“In this brief and unsparing autobiography, one of the greatest living geographers turns his versatile intelligence away from studying the landscape of the earth to studying the landscape of self.”
—Scott Russell Sanders, Hungry Mind Review

Who Am I? is the bittersweet memoir of a Chinese American who came to this country as a twenty-year-old graduate student and stayed to become one of America’s most innovative intellectuals, whose work has explored the aesthetic and moral dimensions of human relations with landscape, nature, and environment.

This unusually introspective autobiography mixes Yi-Fu Tuan’s reflections on a life filled with recognition, accolades, and affection with what he deems moral failings, his lack of courage —including the courage to be open about his homosexuality.

“An honest and highly personal, if unfashionable, perspective on sexuality, race, and identity.

Yi fu tuan autobiography books

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