A Mental Map is a 'highly abstracted representation of real world locations.' That is, a mental map is a map in that it depicts abstracted representations of concrete places and spaces, in other words, it's a map of perception of the world. This map in particular, taken from the cover of the New Yorker in December of 2001, renames the boroughs of New York, satirically, to represent the countries and or regions neighboring Afghanistan (the soviet republics). This representation highlights the U.S. mentality towards this particular region of the world, given the recent attacks of 9/11 that had occurred only three months prior.
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