Astray : a history of wandering
Summers-Bremner, Eluned, 1966-2023
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"This book explores how, far from being an act limited to deviation from known pathways or desirable plans of action, wandering is an abundant source of meaning-a force as intimately involved in the history of our universe as it will be in the future of our planet. In ancient Australian Aboriginal cosmology, in works about the origins of democracy and surviving disasters in ancient Greece, in Eurasian steppe nomadic culture, in the lifeways of the Roma, in the movements of today's refugees, and in our attempts to preserve spaces of untracked online freedom, wandering is how creativity and skills of adaptation are preserved in the interests of ongoing life. Astray is an enthralling look at belonging and at notions of alienation and hope."--Dust jacket.
Main title:
Astray : a history of wandering / Eluned Summers-Bremner.
Author:
Summers-Bremner, Eluned, 1966-, author
Imprint:
London : Reaktion Books, 2023.©2023
Collation:
323 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781789147049 (hbk)9781789147049
Dewey class:
809.93355809.933
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
549585
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 809.933 SUM | Available |