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The Everest effect : nature, culture, ideology / Elizabeth Mazzolini.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mazzolini, Elizabeth, 1973- author.
- Series:
- Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
- Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mountaineering--Social aspects--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal).
- Mountaineering.
- Mountaineering--Moral and ethical aspects--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal).
- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In The Everest Effect Elizabeth Mazzolini traces a series of ideological shifts in the status of Mount Everest in Western culture over the past century to the present day and links these shifts to technologies used in climbs.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Extremity and Ambivalence
- Breathless Subjects : Authenticity and Oxygen
- Exaggerated Energy : Utility and Food
- Heightened Stakes: Individuality and Communication
- Sublime-o-Rama : Extremity and IMAX
- Redefining Access : Ability and Money
- Conclusion : The Power of the Example.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8912-1
- OCLC:
- 921847337
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