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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Ilan Kelman, "Antarcticness: Inspirations and Imaginaries" (UCL Press, 2022)
Description: Antarcticness: Inspirations and Imaginaries (UCL Press, 2022)edited by Ilan KelmanAntarcticness joins disciplines, communication approaches, and ideas to explore meanings and depictions of Antarctica. Personal and professional words in poetry and prose, plus images, present and represent Antarctica, as presumed and as imagined, alongside what is experienced around the continent and by those watching from afar. These understandings explain how the Antarctic is viewed and managed while identifying aspects that should be more prominent in policy and practice.The authors and artists place Antarctica, and the perceptions and knowledge through Antarcticness, within inspirations and...