Things That Art

A Graphic Menagerie of Enchanting Curiosity

Lochlann Jain

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English

University of Toronto Press
27 September 2019

Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments; Sociology & anthropology; Philosophy of science; Impact of science & technology on society; Bio-ethics

Series: ethnoGRAPHIC

Lochlann Jain's debut non-fiction graphic novel, Things That Art, playfully interrogates the order of things. Toying with the relationship between words and images, Jain's whimsical compositions may seem straightforward. Upon closer inspection, however, the drawings reveal profound and startling paradoxes at the heart of how we make sense of the world.

Commentaries by architect and theorist Maria McVarish, poet and naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield, musician and English Professor Drew Daniel, and the author offer further insight into the drawings in this collection. A captivating look at the fundamental absurdities of everyday communication, Things That Art jolts us toward new forms of collation and collaboration.

By: Lochlann Jain
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 206mm, Width: 206mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781487570552
ISBN 10: 1487570554
Series: ethnoGRAPHIC
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 27 September 2019
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lochlann Jain is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University and a professor in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s College London.

Reviews for Things That Art: A Graphic Menagerie of Enchanting Curiosity

""I found this book of juxtapositions, puns and wordplay very entertaining and rewarding to read, I also like the fun style of the drawing, which goes well with the serious matter of linguistics and concepts."" -- Sara Boorman * NB Magazine, October 28,2019 * ""This is a thinking person’s book, or put more precisely, it draws readers into thinking deeply with its deceptively simple illustrations set side by side and up and down in masterfully designed sets… Things That Art stimulates the mind, the senses, the emotions."" -- Alisse Waterston * <em>Anthropology Now</em> *