Purtschert, Patricia (2016). Aviation Skills, Manly Adventures and Imperial Tears: The Dhaulagiri Expedition and Switzerland’s Techno-Colonialism. National Identities, 18(1), pp. 53-69. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/14608944.2016.1095492
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)The article shows how powerful colonial discourses are in Switzerland, especially with regard to popular narratives on national identity. It starts with the Swiss Dhaulagiri expedition of 1960, which led to the first ascent of this Himalayan mountain, and how it is remembered 50 years later. The paper examines how in the discourse surrounding this expedition, the colonial trajectory of mountain climbing is linked to the use of technology (in this case aviation) and the emergence of white masculinity. It is argued that up to the present day, this ‘techno-colonialism’ is crucial for the self-conception of Switzerland.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
09 Interdisciplinary Units > Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (ICFG) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Purtschert, Patricia |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
1460-8944 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Vanessa Näf |
Date Deposited: |
07 Oct 2016 15:54 |
Last Modified: |
09 Dec 2022 15:29 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/14608944.2016.1095492 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
colonialism, technology, aviation, masculinity, whiteness, mountaineering, Himalaya, Switzerland |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/88561 |
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