Performing Arctic Sovereignty - Policy and Visual Narratives

This book offers a novel analysis of Arctic postage stamps and their representations of Arctic sovereignty in the United States, Canada and Russia. It explores how these countries have absorbed Arctic territory into their national consciousness through the symbolic imagery of postage stamps, examining how the choice of, and use of, symbols and images on stamps tells a story of how these countries have presented their Arctic frontiers, colonies, and peripheries.

List of contents

Part I Setting the scene
Introduction
1. Who owns the Arctic?
Part II Policy and visual representations
2. The American Arctic
3. The Canadian Arctic
4. The Russian Arctic
5. Comparing performances of Arctic sovereignty
Conclusion

About the author

Corine Wood-Donnelly is a researcher at Uppsala University, Sweden, and is also affiliated with the Scott Polar Research Institute. Her interdisciplinary research in political geography and international relations specialises on the Arctic region. She has research interests in performativity, materiality and cosmologies of sovereignty, especially related to maritime spaces.

Product details

• Authors: Corine Wood-Donnelly, Corine (University of Cambridge Wood-Donnelly
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138573598
• ISBN: 978-1-138-57359-8
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Routledge Research in Polar Regions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, environmental science, engineering & technology, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Polar regions, Arctic regions, Environmental science, engineering and technology