Animal Acts by Jennifer Ham

Animal Acts by Jennifer Ham

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This volume records the history of the fluctuating boundary between animals and humans as expressed in literary, philosophical and scientific texts, as well as visual arts and historical practices such as circus acts and hunts.

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Animal Acts by Jennifer Ham

Animal Acts records the history of the fluctuating boundary between animals and humans as expressed in literary, philosophical and scientific texts, as well as visual arts and historical practices such as dissection, circus acts, the hunt and zoos. The essays document a persistent return of animality, a becoming animal that has always existed within and at the margins of Western Culture from the Middle Ages to the present.

"The volume contains impressively scholarly essays..an altogether interesting...collection." -- New Comparison
"An acute sensitivity about the subjugated status of animals, that is, an ethical consciousness, informs the essays." -- Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences

Jennifer Ham, Matthew Senior
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ISBN 13 9780415916103
ISBN 10 0415916100
Title Animal Acts
Author Jennifer Ham
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1997-04-02
Number of pages 272
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