Shifting Currents

Karen Eva Carr

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A deep dive into the history of aquatics that exposes centuries-old tensions of race, gender, and power at the root of many contemporary swimming controversies. ‘Shifting Currents’ is an original and comprehensive history of swimming. It examines the tension that arose when non-swimming northerners met African and Southeast Asian swimmers. Using archaeological, textual, and art-historical sources, Karen Eva Carr shows how the water simultaneously attracted and repelled these northerners.

Author Karen Eva Carr Published by Reaktion Books ISBN 9781789145786 EAN 9781789145786 Bic Code Cover Hardback