On the Backs of Others

On the Backs of Others

Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration

Armston-Sheret, Edward

University of Nebraska Press

12/2024

336

Dura

9781496230973

15 a 20 dias

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List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "Heroic" Bodies

2. Dependent Bodies

3. Disciplined Bodies

4. Animal Bodies

5. Sensing Bodies

6. Examined Bodies

7. Sexual Bodies

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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history of exploration; exploration history; history of geography; British exploration; Historical geography; Geography; Victorian era; Edwardian era; British explorers; Richard Francis Burton; John Hanning Speke; Isabella Bird; Captain Robert Falcon Scott; subaltern labor; subaltern bodies; history of science; travel studies; exploration studies; subaltern studies; animal studies; 19th century British empire; science and empire; Victorian travel writing