Looking at Animals in Human History

Name: Looking at Animals in Human History
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ISBN: 9781861893345

ISBN-10: 1861893345

ISBN-13: 9781861893345

Edition: 2007

Authors: Linda Kalof

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From the first cave paintings to Britta Jaschinski's provocative animal photography, it seems we have been describing and portraying animals, in some form or another, for as long as we have been human. This book provides a broad historical overview of our representations of animals, from prehistory to postmodernity, and how those representations have altered with changing social conditions. Taking in a wide range of visual and textual materials, Linda Kalof unearths many surprising and revealing examples of our depictions of animals. She also examines animals in a broad sweep of literature, narrative and criticism: from Pliny the Elder's Natural History to Donna Haraway's writings on…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 8/15/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 222
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Linda Kalof is Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University and author of Looking at Animals in Human History and editor of The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings.



Preface



Prehistory, before 5000 BC New Relationships



Antiquity, 5000 BC - AD 500 Untamed Nature, Cities and War - Domestication - Hunting - Slaughter as Spectacle - Menageries and the Exotic



The Middle Ages, 500-1400 Changing Relationships - Animals, Morality, and Sex - Animals and Devalued Humans - Domestication - Animals, Humans and the Plague - Hunting - Fear - Public Processions and Rituals - Animal Trials - Entertainment - Medieval Menageries



The Renaissance, 1400-1600 Death, Disease and Dead Animals - Hunting - Social Disorder and Animal Massacres - Animal-baiting - Cultural Analyses of Animal-baiting - Ceremony and Ritual - Horns, Masculinity and Honour - Looking Toward Animal Welfare



The Enlightenment, 1600-1800 Dead Animal Portraiture - Live Animal Portraiture - Animal Massacres as Ritual - Exhibition as Entertainment - Exotics and Pets - Dogs and Rabies - Exhibition as Education - Growing Opposition to Cruelty - Looking at Cruelty



Modernity, 1800-2000 Dogcarts, Rabies and Sex - Natural History and Hunting - Spectacles of Game Hunting - Zoo Spectacles - Theme Park Spectacles - Bullfighting as Ritual - Looking at the Postmodern Animal


Notes


Bibliography


Photo Acknowledgements


Index