Empire and the animal body : violence, identity and ecology in Victorian adventure fiction / John Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, John, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Adventure stories, English--History and criticism.

Adventure stories, English.

Animals in literature.

Ecocriticism.

Human-animal relationships in literature.

Ecology in literature.

Physical Description:

x, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Anthem Press, 2012.

Summary:

Miller (19th century lit, U. of Sheffield) explores representations of wild animals and violence toward them in Victorian adventure literature in the context of British colonialism. Drawing on Adorno and Derrida, he attends to the way that romanticized violence against animals reflects imperialist aggression and racism, but cautions against this intersectionism's potential to re-articulate colonialist binaries. His primary sources are G.A. Henty, John Buchan, G.M. Fenn, Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, and Paul Du Chaillu. In their texts, he is mostly looking at Africa, but also India and Indonesia. Issues of masculinity and aggressive performance are also explored. This text contributes to an ever broadening eco-criticism. Distributed by Books International. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Otherness and order

Scientists and specimens

The animal within

Wild men and wilderness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857285348

0857285343

OCLC:

785867811