'By endurance we conquer!: Ernest Shackleton and performances of white male hegemony

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-254

  Farley, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adventure; Exploration; Heroes; Masculinity; Re enactment; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744456437     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877905052419     Document Type: Review

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