Sea Monsters: Things from the Sea, Volume 2

Beaches are places that give and take, bringing unexpected surprises to society, and pulling essentials away from it. Through monsters, we confront our tiny time between catastrophes and develop a recognition of Otherness by which an ethical understanding of difference becomes possible. Learning to...

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Other Authors: Tomaini, Thea (Editor), Mittman, Asa Simon (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2017
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