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The Thylacine : The Life, Death, and Legends of the Tasmanian Tiger
by Daisy Ahlstone and Nico-Maria
Overview
How can art and storytelling help us grieve the losses of the Anthropocene? The wild thylacine--or the Tasmanian tiger--is supposed to have gone extinct with the death of the last known specimen 1936. But since then, the thylacine has lived a vibrant life through folk traditions, online communities, artmaking, and cultural memory. The Tasmanian tiger's story has endured over nearly one hundred years in part because of how it parallels that of fellow animals, lands, and peoples preyed upon by capital and colonialism. This zine tells the story of the thylacine and its endurance in folklore and culture, from legend-trippers to artists, from furries to body mods, and from Tasmania to the rest of the world.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781648417023
- ISBN-10: 1648417027
- Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
- Publish Date: October 2025
- Dimensions: 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.1 pounds
- Page Count: 27
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