01812nam 2200397 450 991079439830332120201124155220.01-78914-313-6(CKB)4100000011358439(MiAaPQ)EBC6269582(EXLCZ)99410000001135843920201124d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMerpeople a human history /Vaughn ScribnerLondon, United Kingdom :Reaktion Books, Limited,2020.1 online resource (321 pages) illustrationsIncludes index.1-78914-314-4 Includes bibliographical references.Medieval monsters -- New worlds, new wonders -- Enlightened experiments -- Freakshows and fantasies -- Modern mermaids -- Into global waters -- Conclusion: Tail-ending."Humans have been fascinated by merpeople since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer's Odyssey to Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and the film Splash (1984), myths, stories, and legends of half-human, half-fish creatures abound. In Merpeople: A Human History, Vaughn Scribner traces the long history of mermaids and mermen, taking in a wide variety of sources and using 117 striking images. From film to philosophy, church halls to coffee houses, ancient myth to modern science, Scribner shows that mermaids are--and always have been--everywhere."--book jacket.MermaidsMermaids.398.2Scribner Vaughn1549011MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794398303321Merpeople3806500UNINA