The ice and the inland : Mawson, Flynn, and the myth of the frontier
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書誌事項
The ice and the inland : Mawson, Flynn, and the myth of the frontier
Melbourne University Press, 2002
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-213) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The Ice and the Inland is a fascinating study of how the frontier became etched in the Australian imagination in the early twentieth century in the image of folk heroes such as Douglas Mawson, legendary Antarctic explorer, and John Flynn, founder of the outback Flying Doctor Service. The frontier promised national renewal in the form of racial virility, heroism and an encounter with 'wild' nature. Thus the frontier mythology of the early twentieth century laid the groundwork for the wilderness cult of contemporary Australian life. This book is unique in many ways. Most frontier histories in Australia have focused on race relations; this is the first to focus on the frontier as an ecological phenomenon. It draws on rich primary sources, many of which have never been published, including Antarctic diaries and the letters and journalism of John Flynn. It offers a rich contextualisation of these primary sources in international scholarship on such topics as imperial adventure literature, the rural life movement, population theory, eugenics and the cult of polar exploration. It sets out a comparison of two Australian folk heroes with nearly identical life spans and analyses the reasons for their popularity. And it uncovers the international links of both Antarctic exploration and Flynn's Australian Inland Mission, both of which drew on imperial and trans-Pacific influences, which Brigid Hain traces in detail. Fascinating and wonderfully written, The Ice and the Inland will attract readers interested in the appeal of national icons, the continuing narrative power of stories of exploration and adventure, and the appeal of wilderness as a concept.
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