Gorgeous Beasts

Animal Bodies in Historical Perspective

AvJoan B. Landes,Paula Young Lee

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Del 2 i serien Animalibus

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Beskrivning

Gorgeous Beasts takes a fresh look at the place of animals in history and art. Refusing the traditional subordination of animals to humans, the essays gathered here examine a rich variety of ways animals contribute to culture: as living things, as scientific specimens, as food, weapons, tropes, and occasions for thought and creativity. History and culture set the terms for this inquiry. As history changes, so do the ways animals participate in culture. Gorgeous Beasts offers a series of discontinuous but probing studies of the forms their participation takes. This collection presents the work of a wide range of scholars, critics, and thinkers from diverse disciplines: philosophy, literature, history, geography, economics, art history, cultural studies, and the visual arts. By approaching animals from such different perspectives, these essays broaden the scope of animal studies to include specialists and nonspecialists alike, inviting readers from all backgrounds to consider the place of animals in history and art. Combining provocative critical insights with arresting visual imagery, Gorgeous Beasts advances a challenging new appreciation of animals as co-inhabitants and co-creators of culture.Aside from the editors, the contributors are Dean Bavington, Ron Broglio, Mark Dion, Erica Fudge, Cecilia Novero, Harriet Ritvo, Nigel Rothfels, Sajay Samuel, and Pierre Serna.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-22
Mått:178 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt:975 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Animalibus
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9780271054018

Utforska kategorier

Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik
Zoologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Djurböcker inom Djur och Natur

Mer om författaren

Joan B. Landes is Walter L. and Helen Ferree Professor of Early Modern History and Women’s Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. Paula Young Lee is an independent scholar and the editor of Meat, Modernity, and the Rise of the Slaughterhouse (2008). Paul Youngquist is Professor of English at the University of Colorado.

Recensioner i media

“This innovative, accessible, and thorough collection addresses an admirable range of historical and geographical contexts to demonstrate that the human relationship with other species is complex and overdetermined, and that human systems of knowledge and representation are crucial for negotiating this uneven terrain. An essential teaching text, Gorgeous Beasts will find a welcome home in the HAS classrooms of many disciplines.”—Sherryl Vint, author of Bodies of Tomorrow: Technology, Subjectivity, Science Fiction

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionJoan B. Landes, Paula Young Lee, and Paul Youngquist1Animal Subjects: Between Nature and Invention in Buffon’s Natural History IllustrationsJoan B. Landes2Renaissance Animal ThingsErica Fudge3The Cujo EffectPaul Youngquist4On Vulnerability: Studies from Life That Ought Not to Be CopiedRon Broglio5The Rights of Man and the Rights of Animality at the End of the Eighteenth CenturyPierre SernaTranslated by Vito Caiati and Joan B. Landes6Calling the WildHarriet Ritvo7Trophies and TaxidermyNigel Rothfels8Fishing for BiomassSajay Samuel and Dean Bavington9Daniel Spoerri’s Carnival of AnimalsCecilia NoveroA Conversation with the Artist Mark DionJoan B. Landes, Paula Young Lee, and Paul YoungquistBibliographyAbout the ContributorsIndex