Visual representations of the Arctic : imagining shimmering worlds in culture, literature and politics /
edited by Markku Lehtimäki, University of Turku; Arja Rosenholm, Tampere University; Vlad Strukov, University of Leeds.
- 1 online resource illustrations (black and white).
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature .
Privileging the visual as the main method of communication and meaning-making, this book responds critically to the worldwide discussion about the Arctic and the North, addressing the interrelated issues of climate change, ethics and geopolitics. A multi-disciplinary, multi-modal exploration of the Arctic, it supplies an original conceptualization of the Arctic as a visual world encompassing an array of representations, imaginings, and constructions. By examining a broad range of visual forms, media and forms such as art, film, graphic novels, maps, media, and photography, the book advances current debates about visual culture. The book enriches contemporary theories of the visual taking the Arctic as a spatial entity and also as a mode of exploring contemporary and historical visual practices, including imaginary constructions of the North. Original contributions include case studies from all the countries along the Arctic shore, with Russian material occupying a large section due to the country's impact on the region
1000366332 9781000366334 9781003158295 1003158293 9781000366372 1000366375
10.4324/9781003158295 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union
LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Arctic regions--In art.
Arctic regions--In mass media.
NX653.A73 / V57 2021
709.02/4
Privileging the visual as the main method of communication and meaning-making, this book responds critically to the worldwide discussion about the Arctic and the North, addressing the interrelated issues of climate change, ethics and geopolitics. A multi-disciplinary, multi-modal exploration of the Arctic, it supplies an original conceptualization of the Arctic as a visual world encompassing an array of representations, imaginings, and constructions. By examining a broad range of visual forms, media and forms such as art, film, graphic novels, maps, media, and photography, the book advances current debates about visual culture. The book enriches contemporary theories of the visual taking the Arctic as a spatial entity and also as a mode of exploring contemporary and historical visual practices, including imaginary constructions of the North. Original contributions include case studies from all the countries along the Arctic shore, with Russian material occupying a large section due to the country's impact on the region
1000366332 9781000366334 9781003158295 1003158293 9781000366372 1000366375
10.4324/9781003158295 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union
LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Arctic regions--In art.
Arctic regions--In mass media.
NX653.A73 / V57 2021
709.02/4