False Summit: Gender in Mountaineering Nonfiction

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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 the pinnacle of human achievement, mountaineering remains the preserve of traditional white male heroism.False Summit unpacks gender politics in the expedition narratives and memoirs of mountaineers in the Himalayas and the Karakoram. Why are women still a minority in the world's...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0228006260

ISBN13:9780228006268

Release Date:April 2021

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Length:272 Pages

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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