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Antarctica as cultural critique The gendered politics of scientific exploration and climate change /

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 book remaps national and postcolonial methods and offers a new look on a 'forgotten' continent now the focus of ecological...

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Main Authors: Glasberg, Elena.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Critical studies in gender, sexuality, and culture
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Political aspects.
Sociology > Antarctica.
Pollution & threats to the environment > Antarctica.
Globalization > Antarctica.
Society.
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137014436
Summary: 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 book remaps national and postcolonial methods and offers a new look on a 'forgotten' continent now the focus of ecological concern.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230116870.
Carrier Form: 204 p. : 15 b&w, ill.
ISBN: 9780230116870
9781137014436 :
1137014431 :
CLC: C91
Contents: '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 Landscape and Disaster Capitalism The 100th Anniversary of Antarctica's Discovery: Time to Celebrate?

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