{"product_id":"9781666935189","title":"Lighthouses as Media A History of Meaning Beyond the Beam","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLighthouses as Media\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA History of Meaning Beyond the Beam\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShauna M. MacDonald\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Communication Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrounded in over a decade of research including fieldwork, interviews, performance creation, and  archival work, Shauna M. MacDonald MacDonald narrates the history and culture of lighthouses as media from the first human use of fire up to the present day. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter in the book presents an argument for the meanings that accumulated around lighthouses in specific historical eras, told through key figures – human and more-than human – from lighthouse history. Lighthouses, MacDonald contends, have been humanity's constant communicative companions, and they have been communicating for thousands of years – about safety, power, faith, science, control, empire, technology,  obsolescence, heritage, and even the future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterweaving research, performances, and personal narratives, MacDonald calls on us to listen to lighthouse messages past and present – the good and the bad – and to help tell their stories, along with the stories of lighthouse people, in new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eShauna M. MacDonald \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor in the Department of Communication \u0026amp; Languages at Cape Breton University, Canada.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666935189\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331983835276,"sku":"9781666935189","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f326ed68-864b-4cdd-86f3-fe7584ccb400.jpg?v=1783600716","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781666935189","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}