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OverviewAnthropocene Antarctica offers new ways of thinking about the ‘Continent for Science and Peace’ in a time of planetary environmental change. In the Anthropocene, Antarctica has become central to the Earth’s future. Ice cores taken from its interior reveal the deep environmental history of the planet and warming ocean currents are ominously destabilising the glaciers around its edges, presaging sea-level rise in decades and centuries to come. At the same time, proliferating research stations and tourist numbers challenge stereotypes of the continent as the ‘last wilderness.’ The Anthropocene brings Antarctica nearer in thought, entangled with our everyday actions. If the Anthropocene signals the end of the idea of Nature as separate from humans, then the Antarctic, long considered the material embodiment of this idea, faces a radical reframing. Understanding the southern polar region in the twenty-first century requires contributions across the disciplinary spectrum. This collection paves the way for researchers in the Environmental Humanities, Law and Social Sciences to engage critically with the Antarctic, fostering a community of scholars who can act with natural scientists to address the globally significant environmental issues that face this vitally important part of the planet. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth Leane , Jeffrey McGeePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.444kg ISBN: 9781138367593ISBN 10: 1138367591 Pages: 210 Publication Date: 30 September 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Contributors Foreword Sanjay Chaturvedi 1 Anthropocene Antarctica: Approaches, issues and debates ELIZABETH LEANE AND JEFFREY MCGEE PART 1: Governance and geopolitics 2 Governing Antarctica in the Anthropocene TIM STEPHENS 3 Subglacial nationalisms ALAN D. HEMMINGS 4 Frozen Eden lost? Exploring discourses of geoengineering Antarctica JEFFREY MCGEE 5 The Anthropocene melt: Antarctica’s geologic politics JUAN FRANCISCO SALAZAR PART 2: Cultural texts and representations 6 Ice and the ecothriller: Popular representations of Antarctica in the Anthropocene ELIZABETH LEANE 7 Listening ‘at the sea ice edge’: Compositions based on soundscape recordings made in Antarctica CAROLYN PHILPOTT 8 Save the penguins: Antarctic advertising and the PR of protection HANNE NIELSEN PART 3: Inhabitations and place 9 Indigenising the heroic era of Antarctic exploration BEN MADDISON 10 Populating Antarctica: Chilean families in the frozen continent NELSON LLANOS 11 Placing the past: The McMurdo Dry Valleys and the problem of geographical specificity in Antarctic history ADRIAN HOWKINS PART 4: Conclusion 12 Antarctica looking forward: Four themes JEFFREY MCGEE AND ELIZABETH LEANE IndexReviewsAuthor InformationElizabeth Leane is Professor of English at the School of Humanities/Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. Jeffrey McGee is Senior Lecturer in Climate Change, Marine and Antarctic Law at the Faculty of Law/Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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