Perilous beasts : Mexican necropolitics, animal deaths, and blood sports, 1870-1920 / Stephen B. Neufeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neufeld, Stephen, Author.

Series:

Diálogos series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Mexico--History.

Animal welfare.

Human-animal relationships--Mexico--History.

Human-animal relationships.

Bullfights--Social aspects--Mexico--History.

Bullfights.

Hunting--Social aspects--Mexico--History.

Hunting.

Physical Description:

x, 322 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2026]

Summary:

"In "Perilous Beasts" Stephen B. Neufeld explains how and why Mexicans accepted animal death as a part of daily human life between 1870 and 1920. Whether with casual indifference or with roaring cheers, the death of animals became a feature of the emerging liberal and capitalist society. "Perilous Beasts" explains the necropolitical ecology and power of a transformed Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Sad Repugnant Spectacle: Street Dogs and Public Health in the Killer City

Lurking in the Outskirts: Great Separations and Visible Death

Birth of the Fanático: Cultural Takes on the Bullfight Audience

Owners and Haters: Capitalism and Activism in the Bullring Business

Dancing with Bulls: Gender and the Porfirian Bullfighter

Stalking the Modern: Sportsmen, Wild Beasts, and Conservation in Mexico

Imperial Huntsmen and Missionaries of Death: Colonizing Practices, Indigenous Ways, and Symbolic Big Game

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Some illustrations oriented horizontally.

Other Format:

Online version Neufeld, Stephen Perilous beasts

ISBN:

9780826369093

082636909X

9780826369109

0826369103

OCLC:

1526851151