Gorgeous Beasts: Of Animals and Cultures Tapa dura - 2012

University Park, PA: The Pennsylvannia University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Hardcover. 9 1/4" x 7 1/8". 231pp. Extremely mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Black cloth boards with bronze lettering to spine. Binding sound and contents clean and bright. 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,… Leer más

Hardback. New. "A collection of essays examining the place of animals in history and culture and their influence on life and art, from the Renaissance to the present"--Provided by publisher.

Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 2012. Hardcover. New. 231 pages. 9.00x7.00x0.80 inches.

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