Antarctica as cultural critique : the gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change...
Antarctica as cultural critique : the gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change...
Antarctica as cultural critique : the gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change / Elena Glasberg.
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Date
2012.
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919.89/81
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English
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Physical content
xxviii, 174 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- "Antarctic Convergence" and the End of the Grid * Gender and the Absent Native of Antarctic History * "Sculpting in Ice": Affective Data and the Market Flow * Roads To Pole: Territorialization Without Territory and Post Ecological Architecture * Blanking the Lands...
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Publisher
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2012.
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"Antarctica as Cultural Critique arrives at an auspicious time in history and on earth. Amid the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the European "race" to the last place on earth, Antarctica -- a continent of ice and without natives -- is finally emerging as a center of global concern. Once an impediment to and backdrop for heroic endeavor, t...
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Antarctica as cultural critique : the gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change / Elena Glasberg.
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Critical studies in gender, sexuality, and culture.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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919.89/81
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74VvyJm3PvPX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvyJm3PvPX
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0230116876 (hardback)
9780230116870 (hardback)
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919.89
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991016067469702626
