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OverviewAn Illustrated History of Domestic Arthropods is an artifact from an imagined world where humans are the only vertebrates and the rest of the animal.kingdom is populated by giant insects, arachnids, and crustaceans. This book, which is a hand-made art object, describes the centipedes in Marie Antoinette's garden, the grasshoppers tamed by Alexander the great, and the discovery by Empress Xi Ling-Shi of the silkworm cocoon. This book also contains recipes, advertisements, and numerous ink illustrations that offer insight into a word in which the animals are very different from those in our world, and the humans are largely the same. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Harriet T BurbeckPublisher: University of New Orleans Press Imprint: University of New Orleans Press Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.10cm Weight: 0.181kg ISBN: 9781608012183ISBN 10: 1608012182 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 20 May 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationHARRIET BURBECK IS A VISUAL ARTIST BASED IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. SHE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, AND TEACHES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS. HER WORK, WHICH IS CENTERED AROUND INK DRAWING AND WORLD-BUILDING, IS CONCERNED WITH THE BIOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE OF BEING ALIVE, AND THE STRANGE WONDER OF OUR HUMAN BODIES AND THE NATURAL WORLD. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |