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1 online resource (369 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
Both fictional and non-fictional accounts of the Arctic have long been a major source of powerful images of the region, and have thus had a crucial part to play in the history of human activities there. This volume provides a wide-reaching investigation into the discourses involved in such accounts, above all into the consolidation of a discourse of "Arcticism" (modelled on Edward Said's concept of "Orientalism"), but also into the many intersecting discourses of imperialism, nationalism, mas ... |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Discovering the Arctic -- pt. 2. Imagining and reimagining the Arctic. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arctic regions -- In literature.
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Arctic Regions. |
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Arctic regions -- Description and travel.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schimanski, Johan.
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Wærp, Henning Howlid.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781443819596 |
| ISBN |
9781443820219 electronic book |
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1443820210 electronic book |
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9781443819596 |
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144381959X |
| Standard No. |
9786612776366 |
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