"Victorians and Their Animals: Beast on a Leash investigates the notion that British Victorians did see themselves as naturally dominant species over other humans and over animals. They conscientiously, hegemonically were determined to rule those beneath them and the animal within themselves al...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Ayres, Brenda 1953- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Routledge 2018
Schriftenreihe:	Perspectives on the non-human in literature and culture
Schlagworte:	English literature / 19th century / History and criticism Animals in literature Human-animal relationships in literature
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	"Victorians and Their Animals: Beast on a Leash investigates the notion that British Victorians did see themselves as naturally dominant species over other humans and over animals. They conscientiously, hegemonically were determined to rule those beneath them and the animal within themselves albeit with varying degrees of success and failure. The articles in this collection apply posthuman and other theories, including queer, postcolonialism, deconstruction, and Marxism, in their exploration of Victorian attitudes toward animals. They study the biopolitical relationships between human and nonhuman animals in several key Victorian literary works. Some of this book's chapters deal with animal ethics and moral aesthetics. Also being studied is the representation of animals in several Victorian novels as narrative devices to signify class status and gender dynamics, either to iterate socially acceptable mores or to satirize hypocrisy or breach of behavior or to voice social protest. All of the chapters analyse the interdependence of people and animals during the nineteenth century"--
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xv, 212 pages) illustrations
ISBN:	9780429429002 0429429002 9780429768675 0429768672 9780429768682 0429768680 9780429768668 0429768664