Antarctic Destinies
"Barczewski's book is a valuable addition...her unusual analysis of our Antarctic heroes provides us with a mirror in which we can see our own failings reflected in our changing cultural ideals." Times Higher Education Supplement, 2008 "A brilliantly innovative way of exploring how society changes." Good Book Guide, 2008 "[T]o read Barczewski's account of Shackleton's hazardous enterprise is to be thrilled by his resourcefulness. Every detail is fascinating." Daily Express, 2008"
Presenting a study of the Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton as well as their most heroic expeditions, the author looks in detail at just how and why their individual reputations have evolved over the course of the last century. Les mer
Today, Scott and Shackleton occupy very different places in the polar pantheon of British heroes. Stephanie Barczewski explores the evolution of their reputations and finds it has little to do with new discoveries regarding their lives and characters, but far more to do with broader cultural changes and changes in conceptions of heroism in Britain and the United States.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 412
- ISBN
- 9780826445629
- Utgivelsesår
- 2009
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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"Barczewski's book is a valuable addition...her unusual analysis of our Antarctic heroes provides us with a mirror in which we can see our own failings reflected in our changing cultural ideals." Times Higher Education Supplement, 2008 "A brilliantly innovative way of exploring how society changes." Good Book Guide, 2008 "[T]o read Barczewski's account of Shackleton's hazardous enterprise is to be thrilled by his resourcefulness. Every detail is fascinating." Daily Express, 2008"