Animalia an anti-imperial bestiary for our times
Animals, the Bestiary Form, and Disruptive Imperial Histories / Antoinette Burton and Renisa Mawani -- Some Ways to Read This Book -- A Is for Ape / Amy E. Martin -- B Is for Boar / Anna Jacobs -- C Is for Cattle / Renisa Mawani -- D Is for Dog / Heidi J. Nast -- E Is for Elephant / Jonathan Saha --...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Durham, London
Duke University Press
2020
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Animals, the Bestiary Form, and Disruptive Imperial Histories / Antoinette Burton and Renisa Mawani -- Some Ways to Read This Book -- A Is for Ape / Amy E. Martin -- B Is for Boar / Anna Jacobs -- C Is for Cattle / Renisa Mawani -- D Is for Dog / Heidi J. Nast -- E Is for Elephant / Jonathan Saha -- F Is for Fox / George Robb -- G Is for Giraffe / Angela Thompsell -- H Is for Horse / Jagjeet Lally -- I Is for Ibis / Renisa Mawani -- J Is for Jackal (and Dingo) / Isabel Hofmeyr -- K Is for Kiwi / Tony Ballantyne -- L Is for Lion / Antoinette Burton -- M Is for Mosquito / Neel Ahuja -- N Is for North Atlantic Right Whale / Kirsta Maglen -- O Is for Okapi / Sandra Swart -- P Is for Platypus / Anna Jacobs -- Q Is for Quagga / Harriet Ritvo -- R Is for Raccoon / Daniel Heath Justice -- S Is for Scorpion / Antoinette Burton -- T Is for Tiger / Dane Kennedy -- U Is for Unicorn / Utathya Chattopadhyaya -- V Is for Vulture / Utathya Chattopadhyaya -- W Is for Whale / Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller -- X Is for Xerus / Utathya Chattopadhyaya -- Y Is for Yak / Peter Hansen -- Z Is for Zebu / Michael A. Osborne. "Spanning the 19the and 20th centuries, Animalia examines the role of animals across jurisdictions of British imperial control. In this unconventional approach to both animal and imperial studies, contributors challenge the boundaries between animal and non-animal worlds by illustrating how and why a variety of real and mythical "creatures" shaped the history of modern anglophone empire. The bestiary offers a non-linear approach to thinking imperial power, its limits and possibilities, through a history of symbolic and material animal forms"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturangaben |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 240 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm (hbk) |
| ISBN: | 9781478011286 978-1-4780-1128-6 9781478010234 978-1-4780-1023-4 |