False summit : gender in mountaineering nonfiction /

"Exploring the role of gender politics in narratives about high-altitude mountaineering in the Himalayas and the Karakoram. The race to climb Everest catapulted mountain climbing, with its accompanying images of conquest and sport, into the public sphere on a global scale. But as a metaphor for...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rak, Julie, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Mountains in literature.
Mountaineering in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Mountaineering expeditions.
Montagnes dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Expéditions (Alpinisme)
SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering
Gender Studies
Literary Criticism
Mountaineering
Mountaineering expeditions
Mountaineering in literature
Mountains in literature
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sports & Recreation
Sex role in literature
Subjects & Themes
Women
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Leadership and Gender on Annapurna
  • K2: The Gendered Rope
  • Everest and Authenticity
  • Everest: Gender Politics and the 1996 Disaster.

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