The Flight Of Birds

Author: Joshua Lobb

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  • : $35.00 AUD
  • : 9781743325834
  • : Sydney University Press
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  • : January 2019
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Barcode 9781743325834
9781743325834

Description

The Flight of Birds is a linked collection of fictional and ficto-critical stories, presenting one person's encounters with a range of birds. The birds in the stories inhabit the same space as the human, but perceive the world in different, often opposing, ways. Embedded in the fictional encounters is a philosophical and theoretical investigation into the ways humans engage with birds. The book examines myths about birds - told in fables and fairy tales, documentaries, and poetry - and their symbolic functions in contemporary Australian culture. This collection challenges the ways we perceive and interact with birds.