Cockroach / Marion Copeland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Copeland, Marion.

Series:

Animal.

Animal

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cockroaches.

Animals and civilization.

Physical Description:

200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion, 2003.

Summary:

The cockroach could not have scuttled along, almost unchanged, for around 300 million years unless it was doing something right! In Cockroach we discover the extraordinary natural history, symbolism and cultural significance of a poorly understood and much-maligned insect. Traditionally, for humans the cockroach has been a loathed pest, a food delicacy and a valued source for cures in folk and homeopathic medicine. As this book shows, the cockroach is nowadays also a subject of great interest to many others, as evidenced by the annual World Championship Cockroach Races held in Brisbane, Australia, for example, or the Cockroach Hall of Fame in Texas. And in addition to the positive roles it has played in a number of recent works of fiction, the cockroach is now a subject of fascination for various graphic artists, modellers and photographers.

Contents:

1 A Living Fossil 15

2 What's in a Name? 44

3 Fellow Traveller 60

4 In the Mind of Man: Myth, Folklore and the Arts 79

5 Tales from the Underside 107

6 Robo-roach 130

7 The Golden Cockroach 148

Appendix 'La Cucaracha' 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index.

ISBN:

186189192X

OCLC:

52620447