American cultural studies scholar and professor as well as blues musician

Stuffed animals & pickled heads : the culture and evolution of natural history museums / Stephen T. Asma.

On monsters : an unnatural history of our worst fears / Stephen T. Asma.

The evolution of imagination / Stephen T. Asma.

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Stephen T. Asma

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Stuffed animals & pickled heads : the culture and evolution of natural history museums / Stephen T. Asma.

On monsters : an unnatural history of our worst fears / Stephen T. Asma.

The evolution of imagination / Stephen T. Asma.