A New Zealand book of beasts animals in our culture, history and everyday life

"[This] is a groundbreaking examination of the interactions between humans and 'nonhuman animals' - both real and imagined - in New Zealand's arts and literature, popular culture, historiography, media and everyday life. Structured in four parts, [it] touches on topics as diverse...

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1. Verfasser: Potts, Annie (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Armstrong, Philip (VerfasserIn), Brown, Deidre S. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Auckland, New Zealand Auckland University Press 2013
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Zusammenfassung:"[This] is a groundbreaking examination of the interactions between humans and 'nonhuman animals' - both real and imagined - in New Zealand's arts and literature, popular culture, historiography, media and everyday life. Structured in four parts, [it] touches on topics as diverse as moa-hunting and the SPCA, pest-control and pet-keeping, whaling and whale-watching; on species ranging from sheep to sperm whales and from pekapeka to possums; and on the works of authors and artists as various as Samuel Butler and Witi Ihimaera, Lady Mary Ann Barker and Janet Frame, Michael Parekowhai and Don Binney, Bill Hammond and Fiona Pardington. In examining literature, art and culture, the ways New Zealanders use and abuse, shape and are shaped by, glorify and co-opt, and describe and imagine animals, the authors tell us a great deal about our society and culture: how we understand our own identities and those of others; how we regard, inhabit and make use of the natural world; and how we think about what to buy, eat, wear, watch and read."--Publisher's information
Part One. Animal icons / Philip Armstrong. Moa ghosts -- Sheepishness -- Opo's children -- The whale road -- Part Two. Companion animals / Annie Potts. Ngā mōkai -- Exotic familiars -- Extended families -- Part Three. Art animals / Deidre Brown. Indigenous art animals -- Contemporary art animals -- Part Four. Controversial animals / Annie Potts. Kiwis against possums -- Consuming animals
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:288 Seiten, 22 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln
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24 cm
ISBN:1869407725
1-86940-772-5
9781869407728
978-1-86940-772-8