Picturing the Beast by Steve Baker
Explores how human beings use animals and images of animals to define themselves--and how those depictions interfere with our abilities to understand the true nature of animals.
"A pleasure to read as well as being a substantial work of scholarship" -- Andrew Johnson, Environmental Values "Immensely accessible ... Baker's study is witty, learned, sophisticated, and direct." -- Norman Bryson, editor of Visual Culture: Images of Interpretation "The continued value of Picturing the Beast lies in Baker's insistence that we consider animals more carefully, even when their appearance does not seem immediately significant (such as in children's literature, cartoon strips, advertisements, and news stories about politicians), that we ask questions about why animals appear the way they do, and that we think hard about how they might be imagined differently." -- Molly H. Mullin, Anthrozos
Steve Baker, a senior lecturer in the Department of Historical and Critical Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, England, is the author of The Postmodern Animal.Carol J. Adams is the author of The Sexual Politics of Meat.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780252070303 |
| ISBN 10 | 0252070305 |
| Title | Picturing the Beast |
| Author | Steve Baker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
| Year published | 2001-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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