Rethinking frontiers : transformation, exploration and adventure

Hayley Saul, Emma Waterton

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Abstract

Glorious Coronation Day news! Everest - Everest the unconquerable has been conquered. And conquered by men of British blood and breed', read the headline of the News Chronicle on 2 June 1953, four days after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit. Notwithstanding the clear attempts to link the moment to the 'dawning' of the second Elizabethan age, the newspaper's reaction epitomizes a perculiar set of values and practices that have come to encapsulate exploration's genealogy: heroism, endurance, optimism, courage and the quest for glory. In this instance, Everest was conquered in an act of aggression and a show of British masculinity, with the heroes of the piece rendered exceptional by both biology and heritage (which sits against the striking absence of any reference to Norgay).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAffective Geographies of Transformation, Exploration and Adventure: Rethinking Frontiers
EditorsHayley Saul, Emma Waterton
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherRoutledge
Pages1-14
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781315204246
ISBN (Print)9781138701120
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • adventure and adventurers
  • voyages and travels
  • boundaries
  • explorers
  • travelers

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