Squid (Paperback)

In myths and legends, squids are portrayed as fearsome sea-monsters, lurking in the watery deeps waiting to devour humans. Even as modern science has tried to turn those monsters of the deep into unremarkable calamari, squids continue to dominate the nightmares of the Western imagination. Taking inspiration from early weird fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, modern writers such as Jeff VanderMeer depict squids as the absolute Other of human civilization, while non-Western poets such as Daren Kamali depict squids as anything but threats. In Squid, Martin Wallen traces the many different ways humans have thought about and pictured this predatory mollusk: as guardians, harbingers of environmental collapse, or an untapped resource to be exploited. No matter how we have perceived them, squids have always gazed back at us, unblinking, from the dark.

General

Imprint:	Reaktion Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Animal
Release date:	2021
Authors:	Martin Wallen
Dimensions:	190 x 135 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-78914-334-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Animals & society > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > Aquatic creatures > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78914-334-9
Barcode:	9781789143348

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