Peninsulas

Foreword. Peninsular landforms: not just landscapes Editorial Introduction. The matter of peninsulas and how peninsulas matter PART I. The internal division(s) of the peninsula 1. Hammarö, Sweden - Hybrid geographies of Lake Vänern, Cultural transformations and place identity on the Hammarö peninsula 2. Iberia - Beyond the border, Reimagining identities in the Iberian Peninsula 3. Italy - ‘Clinging to the Alps’, The Italian peninsula as imaginary central European island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea 4. Korea - The Korean peninsula 5. Decca, India - The Deccan plateau, A peninsula within the Indian Subcontinent 6. Qatar/Arabia - Qatar, Geographic constraints and state behaviour on the Arabian Peninsula 7. Anatolia - Contested territory, Anatolia as myth, map, and mechanism of state power in Türkiye 8. Antarctica - The Great Peninsula of Antarctica, the Icy Continent PART II. The two sides of the isthmus 9. Europe - Securing the isthmus to the European peninsula 10. Ceuta, Spain - ‘Driven into the sea’, Peninsularity, multiculturalism, and anxiety in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in Northern Africa 11. Gibraltar - Islanding the peninsula 12. Pelješac, Croatia - On the island-peninsula dichotomy, The Croatian Pelješac peninsula 13. Crimea - Crimea, Cultural and geopolitical imaginaries PART III. The issue of the isthmus itself 14. Alaska, USA - Alaska, A complicated geography of peninsular exceptionalism 15. Prince Edward Island, Canada - “Prince Edward-used-to-be-an-Island”, (Re)Affirming an island consciousness 16. Corinth, Greece – The isthmus of Corinth, Gateway to the Peloponnesian peninsula 17. Valletta, Malta – Europe’s peninsular capital city