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Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals

Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Adrienne Maree Brown

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Marine mammals inspire transformative social teachings.

"Undrowned" isn't just a book; it's an immersive dive into the depths of both the ocean and societal constructs. Alexis Pauline Gumbs has created a unique synthesis of marine biology and black feminist theory that will leave you looking at the natural world—and our place in it—in a radically new way. If you're looking for a poignant, thought-provoking read that challenges the norm while celebrating the otherness found in nature, this meditation on survival, resilience, and solidarity will resonate deeply.

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Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals

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Condition guide
ISBN: 9781849353977
Publisher: AK Press
Date of Publication: 2020-11-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Creative Nonfiction, Sociology, Nature
Goodreads rating: 4.43
(rated by 2345 readers)

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Undrowned is a book-length meditation for social movements and our whole species based on the subversive and transformative guidance of marine mammals. Our aquatic cousins are queer, fierce, protective of each other, complex, shaped by conflict, and struggling to survive the extractive and militarized conditions our species has imposed on the ocean. Gumbs employs a brilliant mix of poetic sensibility and naturalist observation to show what they might teach us, producing not a specific agenda but an unfolding space for wondering and questioning. From the relationship between the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale and Gumbs’s Shinnecock and enslaved ancestors to the ways echolocation changes our understandings of “vision” and visionary action, this is a masterful use of metaphor and natural models in the service of social justice.
 

Marine mammals inspire transformative social teachings.

"Undrowned" isn't just a book; it's an immersive dive into the depths of both the ocean and societal constructs. Alexis Pauline Gumbs has created a unique synthesis of marine biology and black feminist theory that will leave you looking at the natural world—and our place in it—in a radically new way. If you're looking for a poignant, thought-provoking read that challenges the norm while celebrating the otherness found in nature, this meditation on survival, resilience, and solidarity will resonate deeply.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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