Arcticness : power and voice from the North /

Kelman (University College London; Univ. of Agder, Norway) problematizes the concept and definition of Arcticness to argue that changes--cultural, semantic, political, socioeconomic, and climatological--in the Arctic region necessitate new, boundary-transgressing ways of perceiving and representing the quality of being in, of, and from the northern region. Kelman suggests that a rapidly transforming and increasingly accessible Arctic may be imperiled without a clear delineation of its practical, contextual, and evolving multiform identity. This edited text, with essays by scholars and researchers from a range of specialties (environmental and sustainability studies, geology, geography, law, anthropology, engineering, art, literary studies, resource management, international relations, and policy making), seeks to reveal a diversely articulated, experienced, and constructed Arctic region and Arcticness. The book is organized into three parts that focus on emerging, current, and future Arctic identities within individual, community, geographic, political, and climatological contexts. The text includes an editorial introduction and comprehensive notes. This is a thought-provoking, well-curated exploration of a rapidly changing, dynamic region. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels. --Helen Doss, Wilbur Wright College, City Colleges of Chicago