The porch : meditations on the edge of nature /
There is something spooky and resonant about liminal places like docks, shorelines, decks and perhaps most commonly porches. Here, Charlie Hailey meditates on porches in a way that is appropriately thoughtful, affecting, rich and resonant. Porches, in his hands, become portals onto an endless array...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | There is something spooky and resonant about liminal places like docks, shorelines, decks and perhaps most commonly porches. Here, Charlie Hailey meditates on porches in a way that is appropriately thoughtful, affecting, rich and resonant. Porches, in his hands, become portals onto an endless array of large metaphysical questions, what is it to be in a place? How does one place teach us about the world and about ourselves, both as individuals and as a species? What are we and the things we have built in this world? In a time when questions of what makes society society and what sustains the individual are so paramount, Hailey's meditations are both a tonic and a series of welcome provocations. |
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| Physical Description: | 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226769950 022676995X |