Mountaineering, Masculinity, and the Male Body in Mid-Victorian Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3924593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael S Reidy (0000-0002-7747-0778, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 158-181 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Osiris (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0369-7827 • E-ISSN: 1933-8287 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/682975 |
| PMID | 27066623 |
| OpenAlex | W2228152602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 11 |
Golden-age mountaineers attempted to codify gender, like flora and fauna, by altitude. They zoned the high Alps masculine. As women also reached into the highest regions, male alpinists increasingly turned to their bodies, and the bodies of their guides, to give scientific validity to their all-male preserve. Edward Whymper traveled to the Andes in 1879, where he transformed Chimborazo into a laboratory and his own body and those of his guides into scientific objects. His work helped spearhead a field-based, vertical approach to human physiology that proliferated after the turn of the century. By viewing gender through a spatial lens and using the sides of mountains to map it, this essay highlights the gendered notions that directed early research in high-altitude physiology
Archaeology · Biology · Environmental ethics · Fauna · Geography · Masculinity · Mountaineering · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · History of Medicine and Tropical Health · Philosophy · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |