"Mountain of destiny" : Nanga Parbat and its path into the German imagination /

"Never has a mountain occupied the German imagination longer and more thoroughly than Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-highest peak, located in present-day Pakistan. Repeatedly referred to in the 1930s as the German "mountain of destiny," over a period of roughly two decades from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Höbusch, Harald (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2016.
Colección:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
Mountaineering > Pakistan > Nanga Parbat > History > 20th century.
Mountaineers > Pakistan > Nanga Parbat > History > 20th century.
Mountaineers > Germany > History > 20th century.
Alpinistes > Pākistān > Nānga Parbat > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Alpinistes > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) > History > 20th century.
Nānga Parbat (Pākistān) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Germany
Pakistan > Nanga Parbat
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Mountains in the German Imagination 1919-53
  • Between the Wars (1919-39)
  • The postwar years (1945-53)
  • II. Imprinting Nanga Parbat
  • Reading defeat
  • Narrating success
  • III. Imagi(ni)ng the German "Mountain of destiny"
  • Hiding the obvious
  • Seeing the unseen.

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