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Author Gumbs, Alexis Pauline, 1982- author

Title Undrowned : Black feminist lessons from marine mammals / Alexis Pauline Gumbs ; foreword by adrienne maree brown
Published Chico, CA ; Edinburgh, Scotland : AK Press, [2020]
©2020

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Description 174 pages ; 21 cm
Series Emergent strategy series ; no. 2
Emergent strategy series ; no. 2
Contents listen -- breathe -- remember -- practice -- collaborate -- be vulnerable -- be present -- be fierce -- learn from conflict -- honor your boundaries -- respect your hair -- end capitalism -- refuse -- surrender -- go deep -- stay black -- slow down -- rest -- take care of your blessings -- activities
Summary "Undrowned is a book-length meditation for the human species, based on the subversive and transformative lessons of marine mammals. Alexis Pauline Gumbs has spent hundreds of hours watching our aquatic cousins. They are queer, fierce, protective of each other, complex, shaped by conflict, and struggling to survive the extractive and militarized conditions humans impose on the ocean. With a brilliant mix of poetic sensibility, naturalist observation, and Black feminist insights, she translates their submerged wisdom to reveal what they might teach us. The result is a powerful work of creative nonfiction that produces not a specific agenda but an unfolding space for wonder and questioning. The use of metaphor and natural models in the service of social justice make Undrowned an absolutely unique read!"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Ecofeminism
Dolphins -- Social aspects
Science -- Social aspects
Science -- Philosophy
Marine mammals -- Behavior
African American feminists -- Psychology
African American women -- Psychology
Women, Black -- Psychology
Identity (Psychology)
Social justice
Social movements
Author brown, adrienne maree, writer of foreword
ISBN 9781849353977 (paperback)
1849353972 (paperback)
Other Titles Black feminist lessons from marine mammals