A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 Human culture is now more dangerous to non-human animals than ever before. The destruction of natural habitats and the killing of animals for food, science, medicine or trophy - sometimes to the point of extinction - is the stuff of newspaper headlines. We live in a time when the idea of an animal's habitat has almost become irrelevant, except as a historical curiosity, yet also in a time when the public and philosophical acknowledgement of animal rights and environmental ethics is on the rise. Animals are enmeshed in human culture simply because people are so interested in them. Animals remain central to our sense of the natural world. Our pets are often seen as our closest companions through life. At the same time, the last century has seen the use of animals in scientific experimentation and major changes in industrial-scale animal farming. Never has the relationship between human and non-human animals been more hotly contested. A Cultural History of Animals in the Modern Age presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.
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A thematic overview of how animals were seen and used in the period from1920 to the present day, covering symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.
Introduction: Famous Animals in Modern CultureRandy Malamud, Georgia State University 1. The Golden Spider and Her World-Wide Web: Sacred and Symbolic Animals in the Era of ChangeBoria Sax, Mercy College 2. Hunting in the Modern AgeGarry Marvin, Roehampton University 3. The Present and Future of Animal DomesticationMargo DeMello, Albuquerque TVI College, New Mexico 4. Zoo Animals as Entertainment ExhibitionsDavid Hancocks, Royal Institute of British Architects, Australia 5. Scientific Animals: The Laboratory and its Human-Animal Relations, from Dba to DollyKaren Rader, Virginia Commonwealth University 6. Animal Philosophy: Ethics and ZoontologyRalph Acampora, Hofstra University 7. Animals in Twentieth-Century ArtJonathan Burt, Independent Scholar, UK Notes Bibliography Index
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The Cultural History of Animals presents an innovative and compelling introduction to current scholarship about the historical relationships between people and other animals.
A thematic overview of how animals were seen and used in the period from1920 to the present day, covering symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.
A broad, accessible and well-illustrated overview
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly: - Antiquity - The Medieval Age - The Renaissance - The Age of Enlightenment - The Age of Empire - The Modern Age The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated. Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). PRAISE FOR THE SERIES A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion “Intriguing, surprising, and thought-provoking essays covering many cultural layers of dress history.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Fairy Tales “A comprehensive treatise that belongs in every academic library concerned with a form of literature that has had broad appeal for centuries and continues to do so.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Hair “A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.” Times Literary Supplement A Cultural History of Law “These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.” Law & Literature A Cultural History of Peace “The set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Theatre “All six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Tragedy “A highly contemporary work, alert to politics, social theory and sexuality.” London Review of Books A Cultural History of Western Empires “Students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Work “[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women’s studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.” American Reference Books Annual
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ISBN
9781847888228
Publisert
2011-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Berg Publishers
Vekt
426 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
172 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

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Biographical note

Randy Malamud is Professor of English at Georgia State University, and author of Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity and Poetic Animals and Animal Souls.