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A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Empire
Contributor(s): Kete, Kathleen (Editor)
ISBN: 1845204107     ISBN-13: 9781845204105
Publisher: Berg Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $133.65  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2009
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Annotation: This volume investigates the changing roles of animals in medieval culture, economy and society in the period 1000 to 1400. The period saw significant changes in scientific and philosophical approaches to animals as well as their representation in art. Animals were omnipresent in medieval everyday life. They had enormous importance for medieval agriculture and trade and were also hunted for food and used in popular entertainments. At the same time, animals were kept as pets and used to display their owner's status, while medieval religion attributed complex symbolic meanings to animals. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Animals, this volume presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary Symbolism, Hunting, Domestication, Sports and Entertainment, Science, Philosophy, and Art. Volume 2 in the Cultural History of Animals edited by Linda Kalof and Brigitte Resl
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern - General
- Nature | Animals - General
- History | Social History
Dewey: 590
LCCN: 2007031782
Series: Cultural History of Animals (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.8" W x 9.6" (1.40 lbs) 248 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008

A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Empire explores the cultural position of animals in the period from 1800 to 1920. This was a time of extraordinary social, political and economic change as the Western world rapidly industrialized and modernized. The Enlightenment had attempted to define the human self; the Age of Empire pulled animals and humans further apart.

A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Empire presents an overview of the period and continues with essays on the position of animals in contemporary symbolism, hunting, domestication, sports and entertainment, science, philosophy, and art.