{"product_id":"a-biography-of-daphne-9783959058070","title":"A Biography of Daphne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevisiting the classical myth of Daphne as the starting point for an investigation of trauma and metamorphosis, symbiosis and entanglement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs most famously immortalized in Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e, the myth of Daphne and Apollo ends with the former, a river nymph of divine beauty, turning into a laurel tree after begging to be spared from Apollo's lustful chase. In this reevaluation of her story, Daphne's becoming tree--and becoming image--is reimagined as a cipher for contemporary predicaments, illuminating the perils and potentials of a profound transformation of the human. Daphne is here recast as a dynamic model for the ruptures between the \"figures\" and \"grounds\" of today's visual, social and ecological environments. Essays and artist contributions explore the integrity of bodies, their performative or prosthetic extensions and the alliances they enter into across species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors include: \u003c\/b\u003e Jacquelyn Ardam, Lauren Burrow, Justin Clemens, Amelia Groom, Eva Hayward, Caroline A. Jones, Martha Kenney, Esther Leslie, Sophie Lewis, Candice Lin, Stephanie McCarter, P. Staff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mihnea Mircan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spector Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783959058070","brand":"Spector Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45521178853513,"sku":"9783959058070","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_926484d8-9c50-4d79-b044-4e602f3ed03a.jpg?v=1776226284","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-biography-of-daphne-9783959058070","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}