Feminine Poles : Josephine Diebitsch-Peary's and Jennie Darlington's polar narratives

• Main Author: Hansson, Heidi
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Institutionen för språkstudier 2009
• Subjects: Josephine Diebitsch-Peary; Jennie Darlington; gender ideology; Arctic; Antarctic; Robert E. Peary; Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition; feminisation; General Literature Studies; Litteraturvetenskap; American Point; Darlington; Josephine; Peary; The Antarctic; Antarc*; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-25482

From the Eurocentric or Anglo-American point of view, the Arctic and the Antarctic have often been perceived and presented as the last masculine preserves on earth. Outside constructions of the masculine Arctic obviously also disregard the circumstance that people have lived in the region for very l...