Undrowned : Black feminist lessons from marine mammals /
"Undrowned is a book-length meditation for the human species, based on the subversive and transformative lessons of marine mammals. Alexis Pauline Gumbs has spent hundreds of hours watching our aquatic cousins. They are queer, fierce, protective of each other, complex, shaped by conflict, and s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chico, CA ; Edinburgh, Scotland :
AK Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Emergent strategy series ;
no. 2. |
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| Summary: | "Undrowned is a book-length meditation for the human species, based on the subversive and transformative lessons of marine mammals. Alexis Pauline Gumbs has spent hundreds of hours watching our aquatic cousins. They are queer, fierce, protective of each other, complex, shaped by conflict, and struggling to survive the extractive and militarized conditions humans impose on the ocean. With a brilliant mix of poetic sensibility, naturalist observation, and Black feminist insights, she translates their submerged wisdom to reveal what they might teach us. The result is a powerful work of creative nonfiction that produces not a specific agenda but an unfolding space for wonder and questioning. The use of metaphor and natural models in the service of social justice make Undrowned an absolutely unique read!"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 174 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781849353977 1849353972 |