Animal history in the modern city : exploring liminality / edited by Clemens Wischermann, Aline Steinbrecher and Philip Howell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wischermann, Clemens.

Steinbrecher, Aline.

Howell, Philip, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals--History.

Animals.

Liminality.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

[London] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

Summary:

"Animals are increasingly recognized as fit and proper subjects for historians, yet their place in conventional historical narratives remains contested. This volume argues for a history of animals based on the centrality of liminality - the state of being on the threshold, not quite one thing yet not quite another. Since animals stand between nature and culture, wildness and domestication, the countryside and the city, and tradition and modernity, the concept of liminality has a special resonance for historical animal studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

ISBN:

9781350054066 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.