Streaming Precarity: The Polar Bear Cam and the Display of Migration

The figure of the polar bear is used more extensively than any other faunal or floral species as the image through which to express and communicate human anxiety about the effects of global warming on the North. This paper considers representations of polar bears in Canada by discussing the spectacu...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
Main Author: Lafontaine, Constance
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 2015
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/topia.32.135
https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/topia.32.135