The Gender of Ice and Snow
In this article, the author studies the North and the Arctic as an imagined space, made up of a coherent group of interrelated elements coloured by aesthetic, political and ethical values that transcend it. He pursues his analysis through (a) accounts of missionaries, exploration and sea-faring navi...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-43267 2023-10-09T21:48:30+02:00 The Gender of Ice and Snow Chartier, Daniel 2008 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-43267 eng eng Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada Umeå : Umeå University & The Royal Skyttean Society Journal of Northern Studies, 1654-5915, 2008, 2, s. 29-49 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-43267 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess imagined space North and the Arctic gender France French Canada Québec literature iceberg frost ice snow Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2008 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:46:34Z In this article, the author studies the North and the Arctic as an imagined space, made up of a coherent group of interrelated elements coloured by aesthetic, political and ethical values that transcend it. He pursues his analysis through (a) accounts of missionaries, exploration and sea-faring navigation, (b) novels, narratives and collections of poetry from the literatures of France, French Canada (1840–1947) and Québec (1948 to the present day), and (c) a few works from world literature as well as Nordic and Inuit mythology, in order to understand the gendered nature of four personified elements which are part of the imagined space of the North and the Arctic, i.e. “icebergs,” “frost,” “ice” and “snow.” He concludes, from a gendered perspective, that this material is obviously produced mainly by men and transmits male values, even if some women have also contributed to this cultural construction, and that the personifications function as a focal point, allowing the reader to enter a complete world of images, colours, and values. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Iceberg* inuit Journal of Northern Studies Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Canada |
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In this article, the author studies the North and the Arctic as an imagined space, made up of a coherent group of interrelated elements coloured by aesthetic, political and ethical values that transcend it. He pursues his analysis through (a) accounts of missionaries, exploration and sea-faring navigation, (b) novels, narratives and collections of poetry from the literatures of France, French Canada (1840–1947) and Québec (1948 to the present day), and (c) a few works from world literature as well as Nordic and Inuit mythology, in order to understand the gendered nature of four personified elements which are part of the imagined space of the North and the Arctic, i.e. “icebergs,” “frost,” “ice” and “snow.” He concludes, from a gendered perspective, that this material is obviously produced mainly by men and transmits male values, even if some women have also contributed to this cultural construction, and that the personifications function as a focal point, allowing the reader to enter a complete world of images, colours, and values. |
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Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada |
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Arctic Iceberg* inuit Journal of Northern Studies |
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