Pig / Brett Mizelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mizelle, Brett.

Series:

Animal (Reaktion Books)

Animal series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suidae.

Swine.

Swine as laboratory animals.

Pork industry and trade.

Swine in literature.

Swine in art.

Human-animal relationships.

Animals and civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Known as much for their pink curly tails and pudgy snouts as their low-brow choice of diet and habitat, pigs are prevalent in popular culture-from the Three Little Pigs to Miss Piggy to Babe. Today there are more than one billion pigs on the planet, and there are countless representations of pigs and piggishness throughout the world's cultures. In Pig, Brett Mizelle provides a richly illustrated and compelling look at the long, complicated relationship between humans and these highly intelligent, sociable animals. Mizelle traces the natural and cultura

Contents:

What is a pig?

A shared history

Hogs in the New World

Meat

Human-pig partnerships

Good pigs and bad pigs

Pigs of the imagination

The return of the repressed : wild-living pigs.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes web resources (p. 212-213).

ISBN:

1-280-49382-8

9786613589057

1-86189-990-4

OCLC:

775302655