Arctic Discourses
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,...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30750672*spi |
| Sumario: | 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 ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 369 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781443820219 |
