False Summit: Gender in Mountaineering Nonfiction by Julie Rak
(review)

r 2023

False Summit: Gender in Mountaineering Nonfiction by Julie Rak (review)

KRÁSNÁ, Denisa

Základní údaje

Originální název

False Summit: Gender in Mountaineering Nonfiction by Julie Rak (review)

Autoři

KRÁSNÁ, Denisa

Vydání

2023

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Recenze

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

https://doi.org/10.1353/bio.2023.a928384, URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.300

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1353/bio.2023.a928384

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85194964253

Klíčová slova anglicky

False Summit; Julie Rak; Lifewriting; Gender in Mountaineering Nonfiction; Climbing Narratives

Štítky

Climbing Narratives, False Summit, Gender in Mountaineering Nonfiction, Julie Rak, Lifewriting

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 5. 3. 2026 13:48, Mgr. Petra Trembecká, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This review of Julie Rak's False Summit: Gender in Mountaineering Nonfiction (2021) delves into Rak's exploration of gender dynamics within mountaineering literature. Rak's work examines how traditional narratives in the climbing community perpetuate the image of the heroic male climber, marginalizing women, disabled, and non-white climbers. The review highlights Rak's use of the "false summit" metaphor to represent the challenges faced by these groups. It also discusses how Rak critiques the Western conception of success in climbing, linking it to hypermasculinity and imperialistic narratives. Furthermore, the review notes Rak’s examination of how mountaineering memoirs contribute to national identity and pride, often intertwined with colonial and capitalist ideologies. Rak’s book is praised for its interdisciplinary approach, drawing on gender and postcolonial studies, and for advocating for more inclusive and diverse narratives in mountaineering literature. This review underscores the book's contribution to lifewriting studies and its call for a reevaluation of what constitutes achievement in the mountaineering world.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1054/2022, interní kód MU

Název: Paradigms, strategies and developments - Anglophone literary and cultural studies III

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Paradigms, strategies and developments - Anglophone literary and cultural studies III

Citovat

KRÁSNÁ, Denisa. False Summit: Gender in Mountaineering Nonfiction by Julie Rak (review). Biography. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2023, roč. 2023, č. 2, s. 415-417. ISSN 0162-4962. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1353/bio.2023.a928384.

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