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Scribner, Vaughn

 
9781789149388: Merpeople: A Human History

Synopsis

People have been fascinated by merpeople since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer’s Odyssey to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid and the film Splash (1984), myths, stories and legends of half-human, half-fish creatures abound. In modern times ‘mermaiding’ has gained popularity among cosplayers throughout the world. In Merpeople: A Human History, Vaughn Scribner traces the long history of mermaids and mermen, taking in a wide variety of sources and using 117 striking illustrations. From film to philosophy, church halls to coffee-houses, ancient myth to modern science, Scribner shows that mermaids and tritons are – and always have been – everywhere.

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À propos de l?auteur

Vaughn Scribner is Associate Professor of History at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of Inn Civility: Urban Taverns and Early American Civil Society (2019).

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9781789143140: Merpeople: A Human History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1789143144 ISBN 13 :  9781789143140
Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2020
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