The Genders of Waves
Seeing the sea as a feminine force and flux has a storied history in the crosscurrents of Judeo-Christian thought, Enlightenment philosophy, and natural scientific epistemology. The ocean has been motherly amnion, fluid matrix, seductive siren, and unruly tide, with these castings opposing such puta...
Main Author: | Helmreich, Stefan (Contributor) |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
2018-03-19T18:37:45Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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