| Critical Norths: Space, Nature, Theory Contributor(s): Ray, Sarah Jaquette (Editor), Maier, Kevin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1602233195 ISBN-13: 9781602233195 Publisher: University of Alaska Press OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Regional Studies - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Polar Regions |
| Dewey: 304.209 |
| LCCN: 2016026148 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Arctic/Antarctic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For millennia, "the North" has held a powerful sway in Western culture. Long seen through contradictions--empty of life yet full of promise, populated by indigenous communities yet ripe for conquest, pristine yet marked by a long human history--it has moved to the foreground of contemporary life as the most dramatic stage for the reality of climate change. This book brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to ask key questions about the North and how we've conceived it--and how conceiving of it in those terms has caused us to fail the region's human and nonhuman life. Engaging questions of space, place, indigeneity, identity, nature, the environment, justice, narrative, history, and more, it offers a crucial starting point for an essential rethinking of both the idea and the reality of the North. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ray, Sarah Jaquette: - Sara Jaquette Ray is associate professor of environmental studies at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, where she also leads the Environmental Studies Program.Maier, Kevin: - Kevin Maier is associate professor of English and chair of the humanities department at the University of Alaska Southeast. |