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Antarctica as cultural critique : the gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	the gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change
Author:	GlasbergElena.,
Place of Publication:	New York
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
Year of Publication:	2012
Description:	1 online resource (xxviii, 174 p.)ill., map. :
Series:	Critical studies in gender, sexuality, and culture
Subject:	Climatic changes - History. -
Subject:	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. -
Subject:	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography. -
Subject:	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. -
Subject:	TRAVEL / Polar Regions -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137014436
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
Summary:	"Beginning with what was once the "last place on earth," this book redirects discussions within the history of exploration and of globalization.Glasbergtakes on persistent cliche;s of Antarctica as exceptional territory for masculine heroics, untouched wilderness, utopia for international science, or symbol of hope for capitalism or a post-ecological future.Arguing that Antarctica is the most mediated place on earth and thus an ideal location for testing the limits of biopolitical management of population and place,this bookremaps national and postcolonial methods andoffers a new look on a "forgotten" continent now the focus of ecological concern"--
ISBN:	9781137014436electronic bk.
ISBN:	1137014431electronic bk.
ISBN:	9781283738118
ISBN:	1283738112
ISBN:	hardback
ISBN:	hardback
Content Note:	1. Antarctic convergence: the problem of Antarctic mapping 2. Refusing history after Ursula K. Le Guin's "Sur" 3. "Who goes there?": science, fiction, and US national belonging in Antarctica 4. On the road with Chrysler: virtual capitalism and empire without territory 5. Photography on ice 6. Sculpting in ice: climate change and affective data Epilogue: becoming polar.

Antarctica as cultural critique : the gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change
Glasberg, Elena.

Antarctica as cultural critique : the gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change / Elena Glasberg. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 174 p.) ; ill., map.. - (Critical studies in gender, sexuality, and culture).
1. Antarctic convergence: the problem of Antarctic mapping.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9781137014436ISBN 1137014431ISBN 9781283738118ISBN 1283738112
Climatic changesSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.TRAVEL / Polar Regions -- History.

Antarctica as cultural critique : the gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change
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