Performing Animals
History, Agency, Theater
$86.38
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2018
Summary
From bears on the Renaissance stage to the equine pageantry of the nineteenth-century hunt, animals have been used in human-orchestrated entertainments throughout history. The essays in this volume present an array of case studies that inspire new ways of interpreting animal performance and the role of animal agency in the performing relationship.
In exploring the human-animal relationship from the early modern period to the nineteenth century, Performing Animals questions what it me…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780271078359 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0271078359 |
| Author: | Karen Raber, Monica Mattfeld |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Imprint: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2018 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm x 254mm |
| Series: | Animalibus |
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Critics Review
“Ten terrific essays in animal studies from the perspective of performance.”
—Henry S. Turner SEL: Studies in English Literature
“This superb collection brings together leading scholars and historians to explore cutting-edge questions surrounding animal agency and performativity. Employing theoretical frameworks ranging from animal studies to the new materialisms, these essays demonstrate that the varied and various sites of animal performance are among the most fecund places from which to think about relations between humanity and animality.”
—Matthew Calarco, author of Thinking Through Animals: Identity, Difference, Indistinction
About The Author
Karen Raber
Karen Raber is Professor of English at the University of Mississippi. Her most recent book is Animal Bodies, Renaissance Culture.
Monica Mattfeld is Assistant Professor of English Literature and History at the University of Northern British Columbia and the author of Becoming Centaur: Eighteenth-Century Masculinity and English Horsemanship, also published by Penn State University Press.
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