Affective Geographies Of Transformation Exploration And Adventure Rethinking Frontiers Hayley Saul by Hayley Saul, Emma Waterton (eds.) 9781138701120, 9781315204246, 1138701122, 131520424X instant download after payment.

Combining critical reflections from scholars around the globe as well as experiential
records from some of the world’s most tenacious explorers, this book interrogates the
concept of the ‘frontier’ as a realm of transformation, exploration and adventure.
We discover the affective power of social, physical, spiritual and political frontiers in
shaping humanity’s abilities to change and become. We collectively unpack the
enduring conceptualization of the frontier as a site of nation-state identity formation,
violent colonization, masculine prowess and the triumph of progress. In its place, this
book charts a more complex and subtle emotional geography amidst an array of
frontiers: the expanding human psyche that is induced under free-diving narcosis and
tales of survival on one of the most technically difficult mountains in the world, ‘The
Ogre’. Chapters consider solitude in the Sahara, near-death experiences in Tibetan
Buddhism, the aftermath of a volcanic eruption in Bali, the Spanish Imaginary, snatched
moments of sexual curiosity, and many more.
This book will be of upmost importance to researchers working on theories of
affect, the Anthropocene, frontier theory and human geography. It will be vital supplementary
reading for undergraduates and postgraduates on courses such as Heritage
Studies, Human and Cultural Geography, Anthropology, Tourism Studies and History.