A Sea of Transience
Poetics, Politics and Aesthetics along the Black Sea Coast
Will be published approx. on 1. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-83695-417-0 (ISBN)
Description
Transience is found in every meeting and form of coexistence between people and things that live and exist by, or move across or along, the Black Sea. It may come in various forms and guises, from de facto states, tourism, migration, trafficking or military troops, and it needs to be written and captured in sensuous, affective and imaginative ways. With particular attention to poetics, politics and aesthetics, this volume focuses on the scales of transient moments and histories, and enables readers to see and sense the many forms of transience that occur in a given landscape, sea or space.
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"The book is one of a kind, beautifully written and curated, and moreover original in its theoretical and empirical insights." * Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index; 15 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
323 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83695-417-0 (9781836954170)
DOI
10.3167/9781800737860
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TAMTA KHALVASHI | Martin Demant Frederiksen
A Sea of Transience
Poetics, Politics and Aesthetics along the Black Sea Coast
E-Book
02/2023
1st Edition
Berghahn Books
€24.49
Available for download
TAMTA KHALVASHI | Martin Demant Frederiksen
A Sea of Transience
Poetics, Politics and Aesthetics along the Black Sea Coast
E-Book
02/2023
1st Edition
Berghahn Books
€24.49
Available for download
Persons
TAMTA KHALVASHI is Professor of Anthropology at Ilia State University in Georgia. She is also the Society for the Humanities Fellow at Cornell University (2022-2023).
Content
List of Figures
Introduction: Transience and the Sea
Martin Demant Frederiksen and Tamta Khalvashi
Part I: Transience and Poetics
Tide 1. Taking the Cure at the Black Sea
Katherine Verdery
Chapter 1. The Black Sea 'Moments' and 'Coexistence on the Move' in Transit
Vera Skvirskaja
Chapter 2. Transient Love in Batumi: Being a Sailor's Wife
Elene Gavashelishvili
Chapter 3. Complex Intimacies: Sex Work, Human Trafficking and Romance between Italy and the Black Sea Coast of Romania
Trine Mygind Korsby
Tide 2. Batumi (Prayer to the Sea)
Giorgi Maisuradze
Part II. Transience and Politics
Tide 3. The Black Sea from Crimea: Transience and Dyschronicity
Greta Lynn Uehling
Chapter 4. Making Revolutionary Consciousness Transient: Altering Political Identities in Turkey's Black Sea Towns
Christopher Houston
Chapter 5. Transient In-betweenness: Conflicting Present and Futures in the De Facto Republic of Abkhazia
Mikel J.H. Venhovens
Part III. Transience and Aesthetics
Tide 4. Boat with a Single Square Sail
Anna Dziapshipa
Chapter 6. Makeshift Boats: Transience, Turbulence and the Sea of Mourning
Tamta Khalvashi
Chapter 7. Fishers, Sea Snails and Dolphins: The Changing Context of Transient Inter-Species Relations in the Black Sea
Caroline Humphrey
Chapter 8. Svetlana by the Shore: Stones, Dys/Appearances and Un/Common Grounds in a City of Transience
Martin Demant Frederiksen
Tide 5. The Refugees
Stephanos Papadopoulos
Conclusion: Black Sea Matters: Transience and Phanta-sea
Tamta Khalvashi and Martin Demant Frederiksen
Index
Introduction: Transience and the Sea
Martin Demant Frederiksen and Tamta Khalvashi
Part I: Transience and Poetics
Tide 1. Taking the Cure at the Black Sea
Katherine Verdery
Chapter 1. The Black Sea 'Moments' and 'Coexistence on the Move' in Transit
Vera Skvirskaja
Chapter 2. Transient Love in Batumi: Being a Sailor's Wife
Elene Gavashelishvili
Chapter 3. Complex Intimacies: Sex Work, Human Trafficking and Romance between Italy and the Black Sea Coast of Romania
Trine Mygind Korsby
Tide 2. Batumi (Prayer to the Sea)
Giorgi Maisuradze
Part II. Transience and Politics
Tide 3. The Black Sea from Crimea: Transience and Dyschronicity
Greta Lynn Uehling
Chapter 4. Making Revolutionary Consciousness Transient: Altering Political Identities in Turkey's Black Sea Towns
Christopher Houston
Chapter 5. Transient In-betweenness: Conflicting Present and Futures in the De Facto Republic of Abkhazia
Mikel J.H. Venhovens
Part III. Transience and Aesthetics
Tide 4. Boat with a Single Square Sail
Anna Dziapshipa
Chapter 6. Makeshift Boats: Transience, Turbulence and the Sea of Mourning
Tamta Khalvashi
Chapter 7. Fishers, Sea Snails and Dolphins: The Changing Context of Transient Inter-Species Relations in the Black Sea
Caroline Humphrey
Chapter 8. Svetlana by the Shore: Stones, Dys/Appearances and Un/Common Grounds in a City of Transience
Martin Demant Frederiksen
Tide 5. The Refugees
Stephanos Papadopoulos
Conclusion: Black Sea Matters: Transience and Phanta-sea
Tamta Khalvashi and Martin Demant Frederiksen
Index