Animal history in the modern city: exploring liminality

"Animals are increasingly recognized as fit and proper subjects for historians, yet their place in conventional historical narratives remains contested. This volume argues for a history of animals based on the centrality of liminality - the state of being on the threshold, not quite one thing y...

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Weitere Verfasser: Wischermann, Clemens 1949- (HerausgeberIn), Steinbrecher, Aline 1971- (HerausgeberIn), Howell, Philip 1965- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2019
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Zusammenfassung:"Animals are increasingly recognized as fit and proper subjects for historians, yet their place in conventional historical narratives remains contested. This volume argues for a history of animals based on the centrality of liminality - the state of being on the threshold, not quite one thing yet not quite another. Since animals stand between nature and culture, wildness and domestication, the countryside and the city, and tradition and modernity, the concept of liminality has a special resonance for historical animal studies. Assembling an impressive cast of contributors, this volume employs liminality as a lens through which to study the social and cultural history of animals in the modern city. It includes a variety of case studies, such as the horse-human relationship in the towns of New Spain, hunting practices in 17th-century France, the birth of the zoo in Germany and the role of the stray dog in the Victorian city, demonstrating the interrelated nature of animal and human histories. 'Animal history in the modern city' is a vital resource for scholars and students interested in animal studies, urban history and historical geography."--Back cover
Beschreibung:Colophon reads "first published in Great Britain 2019", actually published in 2018; paperback edition published 2020
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Beschreibung:x, 245 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781350054035
9781350155237
1350054038

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