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But the mirage motif is rarely simply condemnatory. Reaktion books, 2018 the woman who fooled the world. A cultural and political history of mirages by christopher pinney anthropologist, art historian, professor of anthropology and visual culture at university college london. In the waterless sea christopher pinney, an anthropologist at university college london, considers the history and meaning of mirages. These are the subject of christopher pinneys fascinating new book the waterless sea. A curious history of mirages kindle edition by christopher pinney. Christopher pinney navigates a sinuous pathway through a mysterious and evanescent terrain, showing how mirages have impacted politics, culture, science, and religion, and how we can continue to learn from their sublimity.
Mirages have long astonished travelers of the sea and beguiled thirsty d. Christopher pinney navigates a sinuous pathway through a mysterious and evanescent terrain, showing how mirages have impacted politics, culture, science, and religionand how we can continue to learn from their sublimity. The waterless sea is the first book devoted to the theories and history of mirages. The visual studies platform cordially invites you to the public talk the waterless sea. Into thin air the world of ice and a history of mirages. Other wondrous mirages include the ghost riders of the american deserts, the sanskrit mrigtrishna, a desert hallucination of water, and shinkiro, a mirage ascribed by the japanese to the. Christopher pinney has 16 books on goodreads with 479 ratings.
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